The first celebrities : five regency portraits
Bowman, Peter James2023
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When did celebrity culture begin? In the Regency period, when people hungered for news of the illegitimate actress who became a duchess and the richest woman in England; and the hard-drinking Regency buck who horse-whipped anyone who criticised his terrible novels.
Main title:
The first celebrities : five regency portraits / Peter James Bowman.
Author:
Bowman, Peter James, author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445677897 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2583081
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