Writing on the Wall - Graffiti and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

''Fascinating ... not only a history of graffiti, but also a history of the 18th century through lost voices of the people who lived through it.'' The Times A secret history like no other ... a fascinating dip into our ancestors'' lives'' Alice Loxton, ''Books of the Year'', BBC History Magazine What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can - if you know where to look. A brilliant new cultural history of the long eighteenth century, Writing on the Wall is told through the marks its citizens left behind, bringing into focus lost voices from the highest to the lowest in society. From the centre of London to the islands of the Caribbean, Pelling goes in search of graffiti, evidence of how ordinary people experienced the world-changing events that defined their lives - from political prisoners to sex workers, homesick sailors, Romantic poets and the artisans of the industrial revolution. Here are lives, loves, triumphs and failures, scratched into the walls of prisons and latrines, chalked up on doors and etched into windows. The names of their creators may be lost to history, but together they tell the real story of Britain''s most rebellious and transformative century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: MADELEINE PELLING, Madeleine Pelling
• Editore: Profile Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9781800812000
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-200-0
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / Public Art, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Art, Material Culture, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, C 1700 To C 1800