Elegant Madness High Society in Regency England

Name: Elegant Madness High Society in Regency England
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ISBN: 9780140282962

ISBN-10: 0140282963

ISBN-13: 9780140282962

Edition: N/A

Authors: Venetia Murray

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Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.71" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgements


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


Selected Bibliography


Notes


Index