The Covent Garden Ladies | Hallie Rubenhold Queer Lit And could an act of

And could an act of kindness save the day

she invites her readers inside her brain

he is desolate

From Northumberland to the Yorkshire moors

one big generation gap

The Covent Garden Ladies | Hallie Rubenhold Queer Lit And could an act ofIn 1757, a down and out Irish poet, the head waiter at the Shakespear's Head Tavern in Covent Garden, and a celebrated London courtesan became bound together by the publication of a little book: Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies. This salacious work detailing the names and 'specialities' of the capital's sex workers became one of the eighteenth century's most scandalous bestsellers. Yet beyond its titillating passages lies a glimpse into the lives