William Tyler
- Jul 7
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Short Booklist for JW3 Day School: Georgian Age

Books on Riots, Bawdiness, & Polite Society

The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain Ian Mortimer

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England R&L Adkins

The Georgians Penelope Corfield

Victorious Century (Chs 1-4) David Cannadine

Dark Days of Georgian Britain James Hobson

The Georgian Bawdyhouse Emily Brand

In Pursuit of Civility Keith Thomas

Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens

The English and Violence since 1750 Clive Emsley

Riot, Risings and Revolution Ian Gilmour

An Atlas of Industrial Protest in Britain Andrew Charlesworth et al

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