Georgette Heyer's Regency world / Jennifer Kloester ; illustrated by Graeme Tavendale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kloester, Jennifer.

Contributor:

Tavendale, Graeme, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974--Settings.

Heyer, Georgette.

Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974--Knowledge and learning.

Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974.

Regency in literature.

Regency--England.

Regency.

Women authors.

England.

England--In literature.

England--Social life and customs--19th century.

Manners and customs.

Women authors--Guidebooks.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

xviii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Naperville : Sourcebooks, [2010]

Summary:

Presents a guide to Regency society as depicted in the novels of the English author Georgette Heyer, covering such topics as social classes, fashion, London and country homes, shopping, food, drink, clubs, sports, and the Royal Family.

Contents:

Up and down the social ladder

At home in town and country

A man's world

The gentle sex

On the town

The pleasure haunts of London

The fashionable resorts

Getting about

What to wear

Shopping

Eat, drink and be merry

The sporting life

Business and the military

Who's who in the Regency

Appendix I: A glossary of cant and common Regency phrases

Appendix 2: Newspapers and magazines

Appendix 3: Books in Heyer

Appendix 4: Timeline

Appendix 5: Reading about the Regency and where next?

Appendix 6: Georgette Heyer's Regency novels.

Notes:

Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-356) and index.

ISBN:

9781402241369

1402241364

OCLC:

515412429