Excellent corrective to myths about the era.
In Bed with the Georgians by Mike Rendell
Well, this is a romp — a right rollicking ride through the 18th-century world of courtesans, harlots, bigamists, rapists, pimps, brothels, bagnios, profligates and narcissists. Along the way we meet myriad crooks and celebrities: Kitty Fisher, Lavinia Fenton, Nelly O’Brien, Casanova, Charteris, the Hanoverians and their hangers-on and many more. Although he is excellent at […]
Summer in the Shadow of Byron by Andrew McConnell Stott
A brilliant book about the two flawed unfortunates on the sidelines of Byron’s Italian sojourn.
Body Snatchers: Digging up the Untold Stories of Britain’s Resurrection Men by Suzie Lennox
An investigation of the terrible trade in dead bodies in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Marie Antoinette’s Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe by Geri Walton
The sweet-natured aristocrat came to a dreadful end.
Life in the Georgian Court by Catherine Curzon
A lively jaunt through the royal courts of Europe.
