{"product_id":"9781908717764","title":"The Gin Lane Gazette: A Profusely Illustrated Compendium of Devilish Scandal and Oddities from the Darkest Recesses of Georgian England","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany of us think of the ill-behaved celebrity and the tabloid splash as modern inventions, but the antics of footballers and soap stars are as nothing when set alongside the hell-raising of the 18th century celebs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gin Lane Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e is stuffed with true stories of boozy MPs who settled their political differences with duels in Hyde Park; peers of the realm who sat the unburied corpses of their cherished mistresses at their dinner tables; entertainers who rode horses standing upright in the saddle, while wearing a mask of bees; and famous courtesans who ate 1,000-guinea banknotes stuffed into sandwiches, simply to make a point. Before it was dashed from their lips by the Victorian party-poopers, our Georgian forebears drank deep from the cup of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154015568112,"sku":"9781908717764","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908717764_p0.jpg?v=1763621782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908717764","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}