This history of the Regency period's hidden stories reveals the human drama behind the elegant exteriors.
This book takes an entertaining and enlightening peek at the secrets and scandals of the Regency in Britain, a period in which the heir to the throne was making merry with his mistress whilst his ailing father, King George III, attempted to keep a grip on both his crown and his finances. From Princess Caraboo to the Peterloo Massacre, the Regency was a period of immense upheaval in both personal and public lives as well as in politics. The author reveals how the advent of the modern media brought "spin" to scandal, and focuses on stories of those people and events that encapsulated the age. Along the way, we gain a much more detailed picture of this brief, fascinating moment in history, and the human flaws and passions behind the façades of corsets and cravats.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Content
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Poverty, Politics & Punishment
- Chapter 2 Back to Bedlam
- Chapter 3 The Killing Field
- Chapter 4 The Foundling Factories
- Chapter 5 The Shores of Botany Bay
- Chapter 6 Breaking News
- Chapter 7 The Art of Falling Apart
- Chapter 8 Pride Comes Before a Fall
- Chapter 9 Venus in Furs
- Chapter 10 The Princess Who Wasn’t
- Chapter 11 Terror at the Theatre
- Chapter 12 Tears of a Clown
- Chapter 13 Some Kind of Monster
- Chapter 14 There’s Something About Mary
- Chapter 15 The Godwin Girls
- Chapter 16 The Price of Fame
- Chapter 17 Prince Charming
- Chapter 18 The Princess Diaries
- Chapter 19 Love For Sale
- Chapter 20 The (not so Grand) old Duke of York
- Chapter 21 Turning A Blind Eye
- Chapter 22 The Ladies Of The Vale
- Chapter 23 Comfortably Numb
- Chapter 24 Life’s A Gas
- Chapter 25 The Human Zoo
- Bibliography
- Plate section
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