{"product_id":"london-s-lost-department-stores","title":"London’s Lost Department Stores","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle Synopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBest-selling social historian Tessa Boase takes us behind the scenes of London’s lost department stores, bringing back to life a vanished era of confidence and style. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eToday’s consumer has little idea of the sheer dazzle of these ‘Halls of Temptation’ during the golden age of shopping – of their sheer theatrical spectacle, the overwhelming assault on the senses, the astonishing architectural élan. From the fabulous Art Deco of Derry \u0026amp; Toms, to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eModerne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e lines of Simpsons Piccadilly, department stores led the way in fashion and design. As new social hubs for the independent Victorian woman, they engineered social progress. They became legendary for their publicity stunts, their Christmas shop windows, their exotic pet departments, their furs: as places where you could buy anything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFull of immersive period detail and vivid human anecdote, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLondon’s Lost Department Stores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e unpacks the secret stories behind fifty once-great stores.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTessa Boase is a British freelance journalist, author, lecturer and campaigner with an interest in uncovering the stories of invisible women from the 19th and early 20th-centuries, revealing how they drove industry, propped up society and influenced politics. She’s the author of three books of social history: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Housekeeper’s Tale: The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(2014);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(2018), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLondon’s Lost Department Stores: A Vanished World of Dazzle and Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2022).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: Tessa Boase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunning Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: 05:20:00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: 9781959162186\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324161212567,"sku":"9781959162186","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9781959162186__74205.jpg?v=1773524750","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/london-s-lost-department-stores","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}