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Prince of pleasure : the Prince of Wales and the making of the Regency
- Title
- Prince of pleasure : the Prince of Wales and the making of the Regency / Saul David.
- Author
- David, Saul, 1966-
- Publication
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [1998]
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Details
- Description
- x, 484 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Described as "a man who would prefer a girl and a bottle to politics and a sermon," George Augustus Frederick (1762-1830), the oldest son of King George III, was a pivotal and highly controversial figure in England's Regency period. Although his scandalous liaisons with prostitutes and duchesses, a "secret" marriage to his true love - the Catholic Mrs. Fitzherbert - and a publicly ridiculed (bigamous) marriage to Caroline of Brunswick threatened to eclipse his contributions to British history, Saul David's engrossing biography Prince of Pleasure shows a man of high intelligence and political ambition. His actions reflected the ambivalent relationship of the monarchy to Parliament at a time when the nation was infected by revolution fervor in America and France.
- The participation of George IV in public affairs had enduring positive influences. His support for overseas campaigns against Napoleon, culminating in such historic victories as Trafalgar and Waterloo, consolidated Britain's status as the preeminent world power amid the great social and economic upheavals of the industrial revolution. His passion for the arts left England with cultural legacies such as the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Regent's Park and the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the defining architectural image of Regency style. At once farce, tragedy, and melodrama, the story of George IV is depicted with artistry and great force, introducing a cast of contemporary figures such as Beau Brummell, Lord Byron, and Jane Austen.
- Subject
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Georg (Großbritannien, König, IV.)
- 1760-1899
- Regency > Great Britain
- Kings and rulers
- Manners and customs
- Regency
- Regency novels
- Geschichte 1820-1830
- Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820
- Great Britain > History > George IV, 1820-1830
- Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Great Britain > History > 1714-1837
- Great Britain > Social life and customs
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-459) and index.
- Contents
- A Dissipated Youth -- Into Opposition -- Mrs. Fitzherbert -- The Mad King -- Rakes and Revolutionaries -- Caroline of Brunswick -- A Royal Separation -- The Reversionary Interest -- The Delicate Investigation -- Minney and Prinny -- The Restricted Regency -- The Two Princesses -- The Milan Commission -- The Queen's Trial -- Blackguard or Gentlemen.
- ISBN
- 0871137399
- 9780871137395
- 0802137032
- 9780802137036
- LCCN
- 98046754
- OCLC
- ocm40052703
- 40052703
- SCSB-9041447
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library