The Prince Of Pleasure: And His Regency 1811-20
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few eras in British history shimmer with such contradictory brilliance as the Regency, and The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20 places its most flamboyant architect, the future George IV, at the vivid centre of a world teetering between grandeur and excess. J. B. Priestley chronicles the nine tumultuous years during which the Prince of Wales governed Britain in place of his incapacitated father, George III, painting a rich panorama of Napoleonic Wars, high society scandal, architectural ambition, and the birth of Romantic culture. From the gilded salons of Carlton House to the mud-splattered fields of Waterloo, this work presents a nation at once glorious and deeply fractured, ruled by a prince whose appetite for beauty, luxury, and controversy was boundless. Priestley brings to this historical narrative the same commanding storytelling instinct that distinguished his celebrated novels and plays, rendering complex political and social forces with clarity, wit, and an unfailing eye for the telling detail. The book illuminates the broader cultural landscape of the age — the poetry of Byron and Keats, the prose of Jane Austen, the architectural vision of Nash — arguing that the Prince's outsized personality both reflected and shaped the spirit of his time. Richly illustrated and compellingly written, The Prince of Pleasure leaves the reader wondering whether the Regency's dazzling surface concealed a world on the verge of irrevocable change.
Author: J. B. Priestley
Format: Paperback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few eras in British history shimmer with such contradictory brilliance as the Regency, and The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20 places its most flamboyant architect, the future George IV, at the vivid centre of a world teetering between grandeur and excess. J. B. Priestley chronicles the nine tumultuous years during which the Prince of Wales governed Britain in place of his incapacitated father, George III, painting a rich panorama of Napoleonic Wars, high society scandal, architectural ambition, and the birth of Romantic culture. From the gilded salons of Carlton House to the mud-splattered fields of Waterloo, this work presents a nation at once glorious and deeply fractured, ruled by a prince whose appetite for beauty, luxury, and controversy was boundless. Priestley brings to this historical narrative the same commanding storytelling instinct that distinguished his celebrated novels and plays, rendering complex political and social forces with clarity, wit, and an unfailing eye for the telling detail. The book illuminates the broader cultural landscape of the age — the poetry of Byron and Keats, the prose of Jane Austen, the architectural vision of Nash — arguing that the Prince's outsized personality both reflected and shaped the spirit of his time. Richly illustrated and compellingly written, The Prince of Pleasure leaves the reader wondering whether the Regency's dazzling surface concealed a world on the verge of irrevocable change.