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Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency - Softcover

David, Saul

 
9780802137036: Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802137032 ISBN 13: 9780802137036
Verlag: Grove Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

The Prince of Pleasure is the immaculately researched and engaging story of George IV (1762-1830), a rakish and contradictory figure who became one of the most controversial and outrageous monarchs in British history. Critically acclaimed biographer Saul David has captured the passions and foibles of this monarch -- infamous for being overweight, overdressed, and oversexed -- who epitomized England's regency period. George IV was marked throughout his life by financial ruin and domestic entanglements. Though known primarily for his scandalous lifestyle, he was also a man of high intelligence with a great appreciation for art and literature. In addition to encouraging the works of both Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott, as well as purchasing the Elgin Marbles, he promoted England's Regency style of architecture. In fast-moving and incisive prose, Saul David paints a brilliantly detailed portrait of the Regency period.

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Verlag
Grove Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802137032
ISBN 13 
9780802137036
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
496
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Verantwortliche Person
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