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Life in the Georgian Court / Catherine Curzon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curzon, Catherine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hanover, House of.
- Courts and courtiers.
- History.
- Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain--History--1714-1837.
- Great Britain.
- Europe--Kings and rulers--History--18th century.
- Europe.
- Europe--Court and courtiers--History--18th century.
- Europe--History--18th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 186 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2016.
- Summary:
- A Breathless, Readable Romp through the Courts of Eighteenth-Century Europe, Learn, of the Scandals, Tragedy and Romance That Shaped-The Georgian Court, Follow Royal Icons such As Marie Antoinette from Childhood to the Grave and Learn What Really Went on Behind the Scenes of the Marriage Market, Peek Behind the Portraits and Into the Houses of Habsburg, Hanover, Romanov and More, Find Out Which Prince Spent His Childhood Behind Bars, Which Empress Turned Purple, and What Happened When a Royal Bridegroom Turned Up Drunk at the Altar Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Act 1 Childhood 1
- An Era Begins 2
- The Princess of Variolation 4
- Before Frederick Was Great 6
- The Infant Prince 8
- The Twins of Versailles 10
- The Nameless One 12
- A Forgotten Princess 15
- An Untold Life 16
- The Boy Who Would Be King 17
- A Tar from pretty Princess 19
- A Scandalous Babe 21
- The Lost Dauphin 24
- 'She would have been my friend' 27
- 'My birth and my death; that is my whole story' 29
- Act 2 Marriage 32
- 'I will not marry the pig snout!' 33
- The Mysterious Monsieur de Busch 37
- The Teenage Widow 39
- Farewell to the Infanta 41
- The Night Emperor 44
- A Quiet Couple 47
- A Scandalous Walpole Bride 49
- Dentists and Dauphines 52
- A Marriage in Exile 56
- Henry and the Widow Horton 59
- A Marriage Denied 61
- A Match Made in Hell 67
- The Princess Who Got Away 69
- 'The next best thing' 71
- The Second Empress 73
- The Last Georgian Monarchs 76
- Act 3 Scandal 79
- A Diplomatic Distraction 80
- The Wanton Widow 84
- A Prussian Soap Opera 87
- You Can't Choose Your Parents... 89
- The Many Lovers of the King of Bling 92
- A Duchess, a Duke... and His Best Friend 99
- A Necklace Fit for a Queen 101
- The Princess and the Equerry 107
- Dora and the Duke of Clarence 110
- A Delicate Scandal 113
- Two Ladies of the Court 122
- A Deadly Passion 124
- Act 4 Death 129
- 'A Weary Traveller': The Birth of Georgian Britain 130
- The Sunset of the Sun King 132
- Death on the Road 133
- 'Harness my sledge' 134
- A Historic Hernia 135
- The Death of a Westphalian Ham 138
- The Fungi that Felled an Emperor 140
- A Fatal Wicket 141
- The Prince Who Died of a Broken Heart 144
- A Fatal Toilet 145
- Death is just a Word 146
- One Semla Too Many 148
- A Masquerade to Remember 149
- 'I die innocent' 151
- 'My blood alone remains' 156
- 'I beg you take courage' 159
- Bloody Murder in St Petersburg 161
- Death of a Devoted Consort 163
- A Tragic Mother 164
- The Death of Farmer George 166
- 'What eye has wept for him?' 167
- The King Who Rotted on his Throne 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781473845510
- 1473845513
- OCLC:
- 947149651
- Publisher Number:
- 99970035164
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