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The Regency Revolution - Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World (Paperback, Main)
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The Regency Revolution - Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R326
Discovery Miles 3 260
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Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award 2020 'Superb' The
Economist 'Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising' New
York Times The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain -
an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence
of the modern world. The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the
Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as
the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 January 1820, when George
III died and the Prince Regent became King as George IV. At the
centre of the era is of course the Regent himself, who was vilified
by the masses for his selfishness and corpulence. Around him surged
a society defined by brilliant characters, momentous events, and
stark contrasts; a society forced to confront a whole range of
pressing new issues that signalled a decisive break from the past
and that for the first time brought our modern world clearly into
view. The Regency Revolution is the most thorough and vivid
exploration of the period ever published, and it reveals the
remarkably diverse ways in which the cultural, social,
technological and political revolutions of this decade continue
both to inspire and haunt our world.
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