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Courtiers : The Secret History of the Georgian Court by Lucy Worsley (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated
ISBN-100571238904
ISBN-139780571238903
eBay Product ID (ePID)15038670613
Product Key Features
Book TitleCourtiers : the Secret History of the Georgian Court
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicModern / 18th Century, Royalty, Historic Preservation / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLucy Worsley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal942.134
SynopsisAn eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline. In the eighteenth century, the palace's most elegant assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious and talented people flocked to court in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. While its inhabitants were cocooned in comfort and splendour, successful courtiers had level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses., An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline., Ambitious and talented people flocked to court in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. While its inhabitants were cocooned in comfort and splendour, successful courtiers had level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses. An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline: a lover murdered, babies snatched, horrific illnesses and tearful deathbed reconciliations
LC Classification NumberDA685.K5
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