Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface Introduction 1 Arts and Amusements 2 The Crown 3 The Aristocracy 4 Religion 5 The Middling Orders 6 Pleasures for the Many 7 Books and Newspapers 8 Styles 9 London and the Provinces 10 Home and Abroad Notes Selected Further Reading Index

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Professor Black traverses social, religious and geographical boundaries in a comprehensive account of one of Britain's richest historical periods.

About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, USA.