If you ever wondered what Jane Austens Mr Darcy & his fellows got up to on their numerous trips to London here is the book they would certainly have carried around.. .HARRISS LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the Eighteenth Century shifting 250 000 copoies in an age before mass consumerism. A guide book published annually at Christmas it detailed the names attributes & specialities of the capitals prostitutes. During its heyday (1759 -95) HARRISS LIST was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest rudest & most bizarre entries penned by Jack Harris Pimp-General-of-all-England into this fascinating & mischievous collection.