The Covent Garden Ladies. The book that inspired BBC2`s `Harlots`

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In 1757, a down-and-out Irish poet, the head waiter at the Shakespear`s Head Tavern in Covent Garden, and a celebrated London courtesan became bound together by the publication of a little book: Harris`s List of Covent Garden Ladies. This salacious work - detailing the names and `specialities` of the capital`s sex-workers- became one of the eighteenth century`s most scandalous bestsellers.Yet beyond its titillating passages lies a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and died by its profits

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