{"product_id":"charlotte-kathryn-shevelow-9780312425760","title":"Charlotte: Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical W","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Charke's father, Colley Cibber, was one of the eighteenth-century's great actor\/playwrights--and it was thought that the comedically gifted young Charlotte would follow in his footsteps at the legendary Drury Lane. However, Charlotte's habit of wearing men's clothes off stage as well as on, proved an obstacle to her career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKathryn Shevelow re-creates Charlotte's downfall from the heights of London's theatrical world to its lascivious lows (the domain of fire-eaters, puppeteers, wastrels, gender-bending cross-dressers, wenches, and scandalous sorts of every variety) and her comeback as the author of one of the first autobiographies ever written by a woman. Beyond the appealingly unorthodox Charlotte, Shevelow masterfully recalls for us a historical era of extraordinary stylishness, artifice, character, interest, and intrigue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Shevelow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312425767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2006 pg. 32","brand":"Kathryn Shevelow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057298993407,"sku":"9780312425760","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d6fad05-d7d3-4166-a8ce-d346d5f87364.jpg?v=1685046169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charlotte-kathryn-shevelow-9780312425760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}