PALACES OF PLEASURE

By Lee Jackson

Synopsis

In this engaging account of Victorian mass entertainment, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and human zoos, to theme park thrill rides. The Victorians' unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.

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Narrator Grace Dives
Length 14hrs
Catalogue No. 13490
Publisher Yale University Press; 2019