The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age

The colorful, salacious, and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden, the creative heart of Georgian London

In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centered on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the 18th century. It was the world's first creative "Bohemia." The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. From Soho and Leicester Square across Covent Garden's Piazza to Drury Lane, and down from ...