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The Smart is a true drama of eighteenth-century life with a mercurial, mysterious heroine. Caroline is a young Irishwoman who runs off to marry a soldier, comes to London and slides into a glamorous life as a high-class prostitute, a great risk-taker, possessing a mesmerising appeal. In the early 1770s, she becomes involved with the intriguing Perreau twins, identical in looks but opposite in character, one a sober merchant, the other a raffish gambler. They begin forging bonds, living in increasing luxury until everything collapses like a house of cards - and forgery is a capital offence. A brilliantly researched and marvellously evocative history, The Smart is full of the life of London streets and shots through with enduring themes - sex, money, death and fame. It bridges the gap between aristocracy and underworld as eighteenth-century society is drawn into the most scandalous financial sting of the age.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Smart
• Author: Sarah Bakewell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780099546795
• ISBN: 0099546795
• ID: 04491856
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Weight: 246 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 131 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. November 2009

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