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Why The Temple of the Muses was the perfect name for a Georgian Bookshop

In the bustling heart of Georgian London, James and Dorcas Lackington didn’t just open a bookshop—they created a cultural landmark. As their business outgrew its Chiswell Street premises, the Lackingtons dared to think bigger: a temple to books. Situated on one side of Finsbury Square (32 Finsbury Place South) and designed by architect George Dance,…
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Written on January 31, 2026 at 3:47 pm, by Jane Davis

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Categories: Art in Fiction, Blog, Homepage, In-depth, My Books, The Making of a Book
Tags: A Collection of Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honourable William Hamilton, Angelica Kaufmann, Ary de Vois, Dorcas lackington, Emma Hamilton, European Grand Tour, George Romney, Greek, Herculaneum, Historical Fiction, James and Robert Adams, James Graham, James Lackington, Joos de Momper, Joshua Reynolds, Josiah Wedgwood, Mary Chudleigh, Neo-classical, Pompeii, Richard Samuel, Sir William Hamilton, The Muses in Art, The Muses of Mount Helicon, The Portland Vase, The Temple of Health

Unlikely heroines: why I chose to write a novel about a prostitute

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Writing a novel about a ballerina who turns to prostitution seems a strange choice for a writer who normally goes out of her way to avoid writing sex scenes. And, no, it’s not simply out of fear of ending up alongside Manil Suri on the podium clutching a bad sex award, or the thought that my mother might read it….
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Written on April 18, 2014 at 11:52 am, by Jane Davis

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Categories: Blog, My Books, Writing Life
Tags: An Unchoreographed Life, Emma Hamilton, On writing, Prostitution