The Smart: The True Story of Margaret Caroline Rudd and the Unfortunate Perreau Brothers

By Sarah Bakewell

Book Overview

The Smart is a true drama of eighteenth-century life with a mercurial, mysterious heroine. Caroline is a young Irishwoman who runs off to London and slides into a glamorous life as a high-class prostitute. In the early 1770s, she becomes involved with the intriguing Perreau twins. They begin forging bonds, living in increasing luxury until everything collapses like a house of cards. A brilliantly researched and evocative history, The Smart is full of the life of London streets, and shot through with enduring themes--sex, money, death and fame.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099286637
• ISBN13: 9780099286639
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.9" x 5.5"