The Age Of Scandal: An Excursion Through A Minor Period
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Wickedness, wit, and whispered scandal define the late eighteenth century, and no one chronicles its glittering excesses with more relish than T. H. White in The Age of Scandal: An Excursion Through a Minor Period. A passionate and erudite tour through the drawing rooms, duelling grounds, and dissolute courts of Georgian England, the book presents a cast of outrageous real-life characters — from the gouty aristocrats to the razor-tongued letter writers — whose lives were as theatrical as anything the stage could offer. White's prose crackles with irreverent humour and scholarly precision, transforming historical anecdote into a form of high entertainment that never sacrifices accuracy for effect. Best known for his Arthurian masterwork The Once and Future King, White here demonstrates an entirely different register of genius, turning the tools of the literary essayist upon a period he clearly adores with fond, knowing mockery. This Folio Society edition, with an introduction by Reay Tannahill, presents the text with the elegance it deserves, inviting readers into a world of Regency gossip, eccentric genius, and moral ambiguity that feels startlingly modern. For anyone who suspects that history is at its most revealing when caught mid-scandal, this is an indispensable and thoroughly beguiling companion.
Author: T. H. White
Format: Hardback
Published: 1993, The Folio Society
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Wickedness, wit, and whispered scandal define the late eighteenth century, and no one chronicles its glittering excesses with more relish than T. H. White in The Age of Scandal: An Excursion Through a Minor Period. A passionate and erudite tour through the drawing rooms, duelling grounds, and dissolute courts of Georgian England, the book presents a cast of outrageous real-life characters — from the gouty aristocrats to the razor-tongued letter writers — whose lives were as theatrical as anything the stage could offer. White's prose crackles with irreverent humour and scholarly precision, transforming historical anecdote into a form of high entertainment that never sacrifices accuracy for effect. Best known for his Arthurian masterwork The Once and Future King, White here demonstrates an entirely different register of genius, turning the tools of the literary essayist upon a period he clearly adores with fond, knowing mockery. This Folio Society edition, with an introduction by Reay Tannahill, presents the text with the elegance it deserves, inviting readers into a world of Regency gossip, eccentric genius, and moral ambiguity that feels startlingly modern. For anyone who suspects that history is at its most revealing when caught mid-scandal, this is an indispensable and thoroughly beguiling companion.