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I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I hadn’t been so blown away by ‘The Five’, and had instead read this first. This is an entertaining overview of prostitution in late eighteenth-century London. Particularly engrossing were the excerpts from Harris’ List, a guide to women in the area; the three main characters of this narrative are all linked to it. However, I found the author’s real strength, used to great effect in ‘The Five’, is in thorough research into the lives of the unrepresented, and I don’t think these three characters demonstrate this to the fullest. All of them end their lives in relative prosperity and/or social privilege, and I was left wondering about the women of the list who aren’t so lucky: who rise and fall and whose realities live between its lines. Luckily, she fills in these gaps in her later books, but this one left me wanting more.