Book Review: “The First Bohemians”

epiminondas writes:

I just downloaded this book to my Kindle. The hardcover will not be available for a while longer. The period which the book examines has always been of great interest to me, and when you take a look at the list of great authors, artists and musicians who tramped about the grounds of Covent Gardens between 1700 and the middle of the 19th century, it is simply stunning: Hogarth, Händel, Dr. Johnson, Addison, Steele, Defoe, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Garrick, Fielding, Sterne, Dryden, Pope, Churchill, Bolingbroke, and many others. It was a creative hothouse the likes of which we’ll never see again. I’ll give you a report later on when I’ve absorbed it. Meanwhile, you can go to the link above and click on the “look inside” feature. It’s worth a few minutes of your time, especially if you’re interested in this important creative era in British history.