Lucy Moore (born 1970) is a British-born

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and writer.

Biography

Moore was educated in Britain and the United States and studied history at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

. She appeared in '' The Supersizers Eat... the Roaring Twenties'' in 2009 alongside

Sue Perkins Susan Elizabeth Perkins (born 22 September 1969) is an English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer. Originally coming to prominence through her comedy partnership with Mel Giedroyc in ''Mel and Sue'', she progressed into radio a ...

and

Giles Coren Giles Robin Patrick Coren (born 29 July 1969) is a British columnist, food writer, and television and radio presenter. He has been a restaurant critic for ''The Times'' newspaper since 2002, and was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year at th ...

, and in a BBC documentary ''Glamour's Golden Age'' in 2013.

Bibliography

*''Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the

Hogarthian William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial social satirist, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of ...

Underworld'' *''The Thieves Opera: The Remarkable Lives and Deaths of

Jonathan Wild Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled th ...

, Thief-Taker'' and ''

Jack Sheppard John Sheppard (4 March 1702 – 16 November 1724), nicknamed "Honest Jack", was a notorious English thief and prison escapee of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter, but began committing thef ...

, House-Breaker'' (1996) *''Amphibious Thing: The Life of a Georgian Rake'' (2000) *''Maharanis: The Lives and Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses'' (2004) (Chimnabai, Maharani of Baroda; Sunity, Maharani of Cooch Behar;

Indira Devi Indira Devi (born as Indira Raje; 19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968) was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar State, Cooch Behar, British India. She was born a princess of Baroda State, Baroda as the daughter of Maharaja Sayaji ...

, Maharani of Cooch Behar;

Gayatri Devi Gayatri Devi (born Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar; 23 May 1919 − 29 July 2009) was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following her husband's signature for the ...

, Maharani of Jaipur) **''Maharanis'' (2005) *''Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France'' (2007) *''Anything Goes: A Biography of the

Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western world, Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultura ...

'' (November 2008) *''

Nijinsky Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry. He is regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. Nijinsky was celebrated for his virtuosity and f ...

: a Life'' (2013) *''In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology'' (2022)

References

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