Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Genre,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Murray
Author First Name:
Venetia
Pages:
336
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
0140240438
ISBN 13:
9780140240436
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Gardners Books
Date Published:
10/31/1999
Genre:
History
Description
Full of wonderful social titbits and interesting pieces of information' - Amanda Foreman, "Mail On Sunday". The Regency is synonymous with a style unique in the English monarchy's history. A time of transition and paradox, elegance and vulgarity; when Lady Caroline Lamb stabbed herself for love of Byron and Stephenson invented the locomotive; when a mistress cost the equivalent of GBP100,000 a year and a farm labourer kept a family on 15 shillings a week. Murray chronicles the life of the beau monde during this extraordinary period. The book is lavishly illustrated with satirical prints of the period.