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Book Synopsis Madame Brussels by : Barbara Minchinton
Download or read book Madame Brussels written by Barbara Minchinton and published by La Trobe University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-read biography of an enigmatic personality who helped shape early Melbourne Madame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in nineteenth-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until now, little has been known about Caroline Hodgson, the woman behind the alter ego. Born in Prussia to a working-class family, Caroline arrived in Melbourne in 1871. Left alone when her police-officer husband was sent to work in remote Victoria, she turned her hand to running brothels. Before long, she had proved herself brilliantly entrepreneurial: her principal establishment was a stone's throw from Parliament House, lavishly furnished and catered to Melbourne's ruling classes. Caroline rode Melbourne's boom in the 1880s, weathered the storm of the depression years in the 1890s and suffered in the moral panic of the 1900s. Her death in 1908 signified the end of one kind of Melbourne and the beginning of another: in terms of prostitution, the city went from tolerance to complete prohibition in her lifetime. Drawing on extensive research, author and historian Barbara Minchinton deftly pieces together Madame Brussels' story and guides readers on a journey through a fascinating, colourful period in Melbourne's history. This is a major biography of an Australian icon.
Book Synopsis ... Official Catalogue ... by : Moses Purnell Handy
Download or read book ... Official Catalogue ... written by Moses Purnell Handy and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 2108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Women of Little Lon by : Barbara Minchinton
Download or read book The Women of Little Lon written by Barbara Minchinton and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid account of a remarkable but little-known chapter in Melbourne’s history Sex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women. While today a city lane is famously named after Madame Brussels, the identities of the other ‘flash madams’, the ‘dressed girls’ who worked for them and the hundreds of women who solicited on the streets of the Little Lon district of Melbourne are not remembered. Who were they? What did their daily lives look like? What became of them? Drawing on the findings of recent archaeological excavations, rare archival material and family records, historian Barbara Minchinton brings the fascinating world of Little Lon to life. Barbara Minchinton is a historian and independent researcher. For several years she collaborated with a team of archaeologists on the interpretation of artefacts from Melbourne’s Little Lon district. She is the co-editor of The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne, a historical archaeology of the city’s working-class and immigrant communities, and the author of The Women of Little Lon.
Book Synopsis Destination: Cocktails by : James Teitelbaum
Download or read book Destination: Cocktails written by James Teitelbaum and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring hundreds of cocktail bars in dozens of cities across the United States and around the world, Destination: Cocktails is the traveler’s guide to the craft cocktail movement. From New York to Los Angeles and London to Tokyo, this book is the ultimate reference to a network of fantastic bars providing their customers with only the best in gourmet beverages. Destination: Cocktails explores a variety of venues, and features urban lounges, dive bars, and five-star hotels alike. Some locations are brand new, and some have been serving drinks since the 19th century. What do they have in common? They all make quality cocktails, crafted with care, using only the best ingredients. For a bar to be included in this distinguished guide, all that mattered was what was in the glass. With drink reviews, insightful interviews with the proprietors and mixologists, fascinating historical trivia, and a bonus recipe section, Destination: Cocktails is an unrivaled reference book for the craft cocktail enthusiast. Your ultimate cocktail crawl begins here and now—don’t forget to send us a postcard!
Download or read book Blockbuster! written by Lucy Sussex and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there was Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, there was Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab—the biggest, and fastest-selling, detective novel of the 1800s, and Australia’s first literary blockbuster. Fergus Hume was an aspiring playwright when he moved from Dunedin to Melbourne in 1885. He wrote The Mystery of a Hansom Cab with the humble hope of bringing his name to the attention of theatre managers. The book sold out its first run almost instantly and it became a runaway word-of-mouth phenomenon—but its author sold the copyright for a mere fifty pounds, missing out on a potential fortune. Blockbuster! is the engrossing story of a book that would help define the genre of crime fiction, and a portrait of a great city in full bloom. Rigorously researched and full of arresting detail, this captivating book is a must-read for all fans of true crime, history and crime fiction alike. Lucy Sussex was born in New Zealand. She has edited four anthologies, including She’s Fantastical, shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. Her award-winning fiction includes books for younger readers and the novel The Scarlet Rider. Lucy has five short-story collections, including My Lady Tongue, A Tour Guide in Utopia, Absolute Uncertainty and Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies. Lucy Sussex's latest book is Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. She lives in Melbourne. ‘[Sussex] provides a rich picture of Victorian life and a revealing account of late 19th-century publishing practices...Fascinating.’ Publishers Weekly ‘An absorbing, at times fascinating companion to The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.’ Age/SMH/Brisbane Times ‘Told with wit and lightly worn scholarship...Sussex has written a fine, thoroughly engaging and multifaceted history. Generously, she has shared her fun with the rest of us.’ Australian ‘The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of crime fiction or Australian literature, but is highly recommended even if you’re not: Sussex is a superb story-teller and leavens this fascinating account with dry wit. It deserves to be a blockbuster.’ Tara Sharp ‘This is a fine book about a novel that defined the burgeoning genre of crime fiction, full of wit, important discoveries and fascinating insights – like its subject, a real page-turner.’ Wormwoodiana ‘Sussex skillfully assembles the known information about a very private man and his times, and reveals a Victorian world whose machinations and mysteries are equal to those of his most famous fiction.’ Stuff NZ ‘A very interesting whodunit about a whodunit.’ North and South ‘Blockbuster! is almost too much to take in. It’s a wealth of well researched information, but readable and informative just the same. The book is equipped with bibliography, end notes, epitaphs and reviews, enough to keep the curious occupied for hours.’ Otago Daily Times ‘A wealth of well-researched information, readable, informative and enough to keep the curious occupied for hours.’ Otago Daily Times, 2015’s Must Read Books ‘Blockbuster! makes for highly enjoyable and informative reading.’ Washington Post
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Papers by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports from Commissioners by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 ... by : London. Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851
Download or read book Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 ... written by London. Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Official catalogue written by Great exhibition, 1851 and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unnatural Habits by : Kerry Greenwood
Download or read book Unnatural Habits written by Kerry Greenwood and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Among Phryne's pleasantly dashing adventures, this one stands out for its emphasis on sexual orientation and institutional coverups." —Kirkus Reviews STARRED review The decidedly raven-haired Miss Phryne Fisher returns to delve deep into the dark side of Melbourne, Australia. It's 1929, and girls are going missing. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And they're not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People are getting nervous. Polly Kettle, a pushy, self-important girl reporter with ambition and no sense of self preservation, decides to investigate and promptly goes missing herself. It's time for Phryne and Dot to put a stop to this and find Polly Kettle before something quite irreparable happens to all of the missing girls. It's all piracy and dark cellars, convents and plots, murder and mystery...and Phryne finally finds out if it's true that blondes have more fun.
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Download or read book Official Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Night+Day Sydney by : Mark Llewellyn
Download or read book Night+Day Sydney written by Mark Llewellyn and published by ASDavis Media Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Sydney--home to some of the world's hottest restaurants, clubs, beaches, and attractions--and Melbourne, the sophisticated sibling. N+D guides focus on uncovering peak experiences for sophisticated travelers in the world's most popular cities.
Download or read book Selling Sex written by Raelene Frances and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of prostitution in Australia from before European colonisation, and situates this history within an international context of labour migration and policy formation. This work draws on archival research and interviews to chart the ways in which prostitution contributed to women's economic survival and to colonisation.
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Book Synopsis Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by : Great Exhibition (1851, London)
Download or read book Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue written by Great Exhibition (1851, London) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ladies Companion and Literary Expositor written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes music.
