In Dark Days of Georgian Britain, James Hobson challenges the long
established view of high society during the Regency, and instead details
an account of a society in change. Often upheld as a period of
elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the
Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political and
economic upheaval. In this insightful social history the emphasis is on
the life of the every-man, on the lives of the poor and the challenges
they faced.
Using a wide range of sources, Hobson shares the
stories of real people. He explores corruption in government and
elections; "bread or blood" rioting, the political discontent felt and
the revolutionaries involved. He explores attitudes to adultery and
marriage, and the moral panic about homosexuality.
Grave robbery
is exposed, along with the sharp pinch of food scarcity, prison and
punishment. It is not a gentle portrayal akin to Jane Austen's England,
this is a society where the popular hatred of the Prince Regent was
widespread and where laws and new capitalist attitudes oppressed the
poor. With Hobson's illustrative account, it is time to rethink the
Regency.
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Dark Days of Georgian Britain : Rethinking the Regency - James R. Hobson
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