High society in the Regency period, 1788-1820
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High society in the Regency period, 1788-1820
（Penguin books）
Penguin Books, 1999
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High society : in the regency period : 1788-1820
High Society : a social history of the Regency 1788-1820
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Originally published as: High Society : a social history of the Regency 1788-1820. London: Viking, 1998
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- An impolite society
- bucks, beaux and "pinks of the Ton"
- "the seventh heaven of the fashionable world"
- relative values - the cost of living
- London - the most prosperous city in Europe
- from the seaside resorts to the northern meeting
- "a mistress had a better deal than a wife"
- clubs and taverns - gambling and gluttony
- the age of indulgence
- the pursuit of pleasure
- charades and epigrams - the country house
- fashion, manners and mores - the new liberalism
- on the eve of reform.
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