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Cargando... Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regencypor Saul David
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A most pleasurable read. This prince was not entirely a laughing stock. He had a lasting impact on the arts, not just on the public purse. He had a most unusual reign , if you can refer to the regency as a reign, with his noble father George III popping in and out of lunacy. He also had a very interesting wife, Caroline of Brunswick and they despised each other mightily. There is an earlier history of George IV by J.B Priestly, an English writer and historian which has a similar title that was written in the late 1960's. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This is the first full-scale biography of George IV in twenty-five years. David's biography places George IV firmly into the context of his time; it includes details on Britain's political system, diplomacy, industry, agriculture, etc. George IV was both a womaniser and a patron of the arts; his scandalous liaisons-from prostitutes to his dissolved marriage to Mrs Maria Fitzherbert - were the talk of the nation. The scandal culminated with his ongoing feud with his wife, Queen Caroline whom he deserted after just three nights and whom he attempted to try for adultery in the high court. The flip side to George's dissolute nature is that he was one of the most cultured monarchs ever to sit on the British throne. He did much to encourage the Royal Academy, donating works of art etc. David's biography analyses this apparent disparancy by dissecting George's unhappy relationship with his parents and states that his dissolute lifestyle was undoubtedly a reaction to their ascetic example, as well as making some very telling comparisons to a man in a current equivalent position - Prince Charles. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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