{"product_id":"9780857306418","title":"Bohemian London : From Pre-Raphaelites to Punk","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Rennison, Nick \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/12\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857306418,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon has always been home to outsiders. To people who won't, or can't, abide by the conventions of respectable society. For close to two centuries these misfit individualists have had a name. They have been called Bohemians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is an entertaining, anecdotal history of Bohemian London. A guide to its more colourful inhabitants: Rossetti and Swinburne, defying the morality of high Victorian England; Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley in the decadent 1890s; The Bloomsburyites and the Bright Young Things; Dylan Thomas, boozing in the Blitz; and Francis Bacon and his cronies, wasting time and getting wasted in 1950s Soho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's also a guide to the places where Bohemia has flourished: the legendary Café Royal, a home from home to artists and writers for nearly a century, the Cave of the Golden Calf, the Colony Room, the Gargoyle Club and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The story of Bohemian London is one of drink and drugs, sex and death, excess and indulgence. It's also a story of achievement and success. This book provides a lively and enjoyable portrait of the world in which Bohemian Londoners once lived, and perhaps still do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57763351822709,"sku":"9780857306418","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780857306418.jpg?v=1794563110","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780857306418","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}