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Hard streets
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- Book Synopsis
- 'HARD STREETS is a rich and emotive study of a world now lost that will leave readers stunned' Hallie Rubenhold, author of THE FIVE Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of Victorian London to become one of the most beloved comedians of all time. With his threadbare jacket, baggy trousers and puzzled expression, Chaplin's 'Little Tramp' alter ego was shaped by the city of his childhood - a place of ribald variety shows and hard drinking, radical politics and desperate poverty. In Hard Streets, Jacqueline Riding conjures the lost world of working-class London in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Weaving through Chaplin's iconic rags-to-riches story are the lives of music hall stars, political reformers and George Tinworth, a neighbour of Chaplin's mother and grandparents, who progressed from poor wheelwright to nationally renowned sculptor. Riding paints a striking portrait of a time and place where hardship was the norm, but where talent, determination and luck could bring opportunity and success.
- About The Author
- Dr Jacqueline Riding specialises in British history and art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Formerly Assistant Curator at the Palace of Westminster and Director of the Handel House Museum, she is the Book Reviews Editor for The Art Newspaper, a consultant for museums, galleries, historic buildings, and historic adviser on feature films including Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner and Peterloo and Wash Westmoreland's Colette. Her books include Jacobites: A New History of the '45 Rebellion, Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre, Hogarth: Life in Progress and Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin's London.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781800818644
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Profile Books, (05 February 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 432
- Weight
- 650 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 238 x 160 x 40 mm
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