Download or read book The First Bohemians written by Vic Gatrell and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something evolved in the 18th century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. Vic Gatrell's spectacular new book recreates this time and place by drawing on a vast range of sources, showing the deepening fascination with 'real life'.