Lucy Worsley/eight-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-regency/ :
He was the ‘fop at the top’, but the Prince Regent was more than a crude caricature, says historian Dr Lucy Worsley. Well, almost …
He was the ‘fop at the top’, but the Prince Regent was more than a crude caricature, says historian Dr Lucy Worsley. Well, almost …
- 1. They called him the Prince of Whales
- 2. … but he loved art
- 3. His marriage was the stuff of soap
- 4. A dandy who dressed to impress
- 5. The waltz and the rise of dirty dancing
- 6. A revolution in the arts
- 7. Life got faster, Britain got smaller
- 8. But the peasants are revolting
Didn't the Prince Regent keep a set of Austen's novels in all his homes? Anyone who does that can't be bad!
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