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100 1 $aMurray, Venetia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80144430
245 13 $aAn elegant madness :$bhigh society in Regency England /$cVenetia Murray.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c1999.
263 $a9903
300 $axvii, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tAn Impolite Society --$g2.$tBucks, Beaux and 'Pinks of the Ton' --$g3.$t'The Seventh Heaven of the Fashionable World' --$g4.$tRelative Values: The Cost of Living --$g5.$tLondon: The Most Prosperous City in Europe --$g6.$tFrom the Seaside Resorts to the Northern Meeting --$g7.$t'A Mistress Had a Better Deal Than a Wife' --$g8.$tClubs and Taverns: Gambling and Gluttony --$g9.$tThe Age of Indulgence --$g10.$tThe Pursuit of Pleasure --$g11.$tCharades and Epigrams: The Country House --$g12.$tFashion, Manners and Mores: The New Liberalism --$g13.$tOn the Eve of Reform.
520 $aThe Regency Aristocracy lived through one of the most romantic and turbulent ages in British history, an era that spanned the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, that witnessed unprecedented industrial progress, artistic accomplishment, and violent social unrest and - paradoxically - the most sparkling social scene English high society has ever enjoyed.
520 8 $aUnder the influence of the excessively fat, loose-moraled Prince of Wales, the Regency became the very apex of British decadence, an era of lavish parties, ferocious gossip, relentless bed hopping, and notorious gambling that set a standard for elegance and vulgarity.
520 8 $aAn Elegant Madness is Venetia Murray's captivating social history of the glittering circle of rakes and dandies, ladies and courtesans, pugilists and patrons who peopled this age of glorious paradox. They are extraordinary figures, from Beau Brummel, the Regency's supreme dandy - whose toilette was so excessive that the most privileged members of society were invited to watch him dress - to the courtesan Harriette Wilson, whose list of lovers reads like the Social Register, and who gets all the best lines.
520 8 $aShe also evokes the tempestuous times: when Stephenson invented the first locomotive; the Luddites wrecked the weaving machines that put them out of work; Telford and Macadam laid more than a thousand miles of hard road; and twenty years of war with France set a backdrop of scarlet coats and lost sons.
651 0 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043324
650 0 $aAristocracy (Social class)$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aUpper class$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aNobility$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aGentry$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aRegency$zEngland.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010110432
852 00 $bbar$hDA533$i.M983 1999