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Georgian London the book will be available in hardback in the summer of 2012, published by Penguin Books.

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Welcome to Georgian London. My particular interests are the immigrant population and the artisan communities of London during the 18th century, as well as day to day trivia and the more bizarre aspects of London life three centuries ago. The blog covers the period between 1660 and 1836, but Georgian London keeps things nice and simple.

You can find more through the tags if a subject catches your eye. Please get in touch for more information on sources or images. You are very welcome to comment and use the information here to inspire your own reading, but please don't reproduce material from this site without contacting me first.

©LucyInglis 2009-2011

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I am delighted and very flattered to be able to say Georgian London was voted 'History Website of 2009' by the online readers of History Today Magazine, and also won the 2009 Cliopatria Award for 'Best Individual Blog' and 'Best New Blog'.

'Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew.' Dr Jonathan Foyle

'Fun and engaging posts covering day to day trivia and the more bizarre aspects of eighteenth-century London life. One of the best history blogs out there.' The Digital Scholar

'From London's 18th century rookeries, to being a dwarf in 18th century England, to Jeremy Bentham and the birth of a surveillance society, to what it was like to have gout, to bizarre birth stories from Gentleman's Magazine, Georgian London informs, instructs, and entertains us on ordinary life in 18th century London, emphasizing especially the artisan and immigrant populations of the city. This is fascinating social history presented in blog form, and is a terrific younger entrant into the burgeoning history blog scene.' History News Network

'The focus is, as the title suggests, all eighteenth-century London all the time...and the more you know, the more wonderful it gets, at once more real and more fantastic.' Erin O'Connor, Critical Mass

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I am a writer. A historian. Blogger. Speaker.

This blog is the largest body of study on eighteenth century London freely available online. It’s ‘award-winning’ – in January 2010 it won an unprecedented two Cliopatrias in the US History News Network’s Awards and is used as a secondary source by students from institutions such as King’s College London, University College London and Christie’s. It has featured in The Times, the Guardian and Time Out.

My book on the Long Eighteenth Century in London will be out in hardback in March 2012, published by Penguin. It hopes to chart the development of the city we know today through ideas, people and built history (and sex, slavery, politics, money, theatre, literature and working life).

My novel for young adults, about a fledgling detective agency and set in Victorian London will be out in 2013, published by Chicken House Books.

I speak at lots of places including UCL, the Courtauld Institute, the Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Originally from remotest Lincolnshire, I now live in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral with my husband and an idle terrier. When not working I can usually be found wrestling with insomnia, in the kitchen or staring into the distance with the cricket on longwave.

My main site is here.