Non-Fiction Books:

Regency Slang Revealed

Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue & Later Versions - Organised & Indexed
Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

Format:

Paperback / softback
$25.99 was $30.99
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 12-24 June using International Courier

Description

From Corinthians to Hell-Born Babes - The Regency underworld revealed Francis Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue and later versions and editions contain hundreds of words and phrases that take us into a colourful, violent and alien late Georgian and Regency world. Here we encounter criminals, gamesters, sportsmen, gentlemen and prostitutes as they fight, cheat, thieve, gamble and carouse their way through London's underworld.The dictionaries themselves are all arranged in alphabetical order of the terms being defined, making it impossible to find a word for a specific thing, or browse related terms, without reading through the entire volume. This book arranges the words and phrases from two editions of Grose, Pierce Egan's version of the book and John Bee's Slang: A Dictionary to make them accessible both thematically and by an index.This book is designed for anyone interested in the period, its language and what it reveals and can be used alongside the dictionaries themselves - available in both reprints and e-versions.

Author Biography:

With an obsession for the Georgians Louise Allen has written The Georgian Seaside, Walking Jane Austen's London, Stagecoach Travel, Walks Through Regency London, Following the Great North Road and To the Field of Waterloo. She is the award winning author of over fifty historical romances and lives on the North Norfolk coast of England close to the Georgian seaside resort of Cromer.
Release date Australia
June 10th, 2016
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
132
Dimensions
152x229x7
ISBN-13
9781534626799
Product ID
37556802

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...