Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266)
Contents:
Intro Title Page Preface Introduction Chapter one. Bricks and mortar Chapter two. Built for show Chapter three. Servants, courtiers and hangers-on Chapter four. Those mad Georgians Chapter five. Painted harlots Chapter six. Gilded wings Chapter seven. Change and decay Chapter eight. Ancestral vices Chapter nine. The Puritan party Chapter ten. Out with the devil Chapter eleven. Marriage à la mode Chapter twelve. A nest of gentlefolk Chapter thirteen. Fat Mary Chapter fourteen. Fuck you, too! Chapter fifteen. Love among the ruins