High Society in the Regency Period : 1788-1830

High Society in the Regency Period : 1788-1830 by Murray, Venetia. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140240436.

Full of wonderful social titbits and interesting pieces of information - Amanda Foreman, "Mail On Sunday". The Regency is synonymous with a style unique in the English monarchys history. A time of transition and paradox, elegance and vulgarity; when Lady Caroline Lamb stabbed herself for love of Byron and Stephenson invented the locomotive; when a mistress cost the equivalent of GBP100,000 a year and a farm labourer kept a family on 15 shillings a week. Murray chronicles the life of the beau monde during this extraordinary period. The book is lavishly illustrated with satirical prints of the period.