Read Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars

Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars

Carolly Erickson

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Description:From 1810 to 1820, while his father, King George III, declined into madness at Windsor, besieged by nightmares of England sinking into the sea, George, the Prince of Wales, served as Regent, creating an epoch in England now known as the Regency Period. This was the age of the opulent interiors of the prince’s palace, Carlton House, the grand scenic architecture of his Brighton Pavilion, outlandish fashion, extravagant balls, the age of Austen, Shelley and Lord Byron. Yet as Carolly Erickson’s portrait of this quicksilver age shows, beneath the veneer of the chinoiserie and the grand facades, it was also a time of explosive popular unrest, political radicalism, and the European struggle against Napoleon. Aristocratic ennui and decadence contrasted with economic upheavals in the Midlands. While Caroline, Princess of Wales and wife of the Regent, had flagrant affairs and made outrageous scenes at court, the Luddites made midnight raids on textile machinery and murdered mill owners. The fascinating personalities both at court and in society—the Royals, Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, Hannah Moore and others—provide the dramatic intrigue of this excellent social history, tempered by the larger, dynamic forces of English society in flux. It is history told through the people who made it happen.(From the Harper Paperback edition)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars. To get started finding Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

Release: 2011

ISBN: 0380813343

Description: From 1810 to 1820, while his father, King George III, declined into madness at Windsor, besieged by nightmares of England sinking into the sea, George, the Prince of Wales, served as Regent, creating an epoch in England now known as the Regency Period. This was the age of the opulent interiors of the prince’s palace, Carlton House, the grand scenic architecture of his Brighton Pavilion, outlandish fashion, extravagant balls, the age of Austen, Shelley and Lord Byron. Yet as Carolly Erickson’s portrait of this quicksilver age shows, beneath the veneer of the chinoiserie and the grand facades, it was also a time of explosive popular unrest, political radicalism, and the European struggle against Napoleon. Aristocratic ennui and decadence contrasted with economic upheavals in the Midlands. While Caroline, Princess of Wales and wife of the Regent, had flagrant affairs and made outrageous scenes at court, the Luddites made midnight raids on textile machinery and murdered mill owners. The fascinating personalities both at court and in society—the Royals, Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, Hannah Moore and others—provide the dramatic intrigue of this excellent social history, tempered by the larger, dynamic forces of English society in flux. It is history told through the people who made it happen.(From the Harper Paperback edition)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars. To get started finding Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England – Opulence and Scandal, Political Radicalism, and the Napoleonic Wars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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