Vic Gatrell
Author of City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London
About the Author
Vic Gatrell is a professor of British history at the University of Essex.
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- Canonical name
- Gatrell, Vic
- Legal name
- Gatrell, Victor
- Other names
- Gatrell, V. A. C.
- Birthdate
- 1941
- Gender
- male
- Birthplace
- South Africa
- Education
- Rhodes University (BA)
Cambridge University (BA|Ph.D) - Occupations
- Lecturer, Reader in British Social and Cultural History in the Cambridge
Chair of British History, University of Essex - Organizations
- University of Essex
- Awards and honors
- Whitfield Prize, Royal Historical Society (1994)
Wolfson Prize for History and Biography (2006)
PEN Foundation’s Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2006)
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- Works
- 5
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 410
- Popularity
- #59,368
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 14
There is no doubt Catrell is the master of the subject; the book is authoritative, indeed exhaustive. For, sadly, the light-hearted nature of his subject matter has failed to rub off on him and, for all its intrinsic interest, this is far from being a light read. To be literal, the book itself (printed throughout on glazed paper) is heavy enough to make your arms hurt; don't try it last thing at night unless you fancy combining your bedtime reading with a little weight-lifting.
I feel mean criticising this book on this account; clearly two other reviewers loved every word. And don't get me wrong, the book is full of stuff. I just wish the author's style had been lighter, the print less microscopic, and a good editor had persuaded him to cut the word-count drastically. On the plus side, that heavy paper means the illustrations are numerous, good quality and inset in the text; something which goes quite a way to counterbalance my other quibbles.… (more)