A visitor's guide to Georgian England / Monica Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Monica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.

Summary:

"The author has done an outstanding job of making the colorful Georgian world come alive in all its contradictory, bawdy, and utterly fascinating glory." - Britain Express Could you successfully be a Georgian? Find yourself immersed in the pivotal world of Georgian England, exciting times to live in. Everything was booming-the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the nascent Empire-in an era inhabited by Mary Shelley, the Romantic poets, and their contemporaries. Find everything you need to know in order to survive as a time traveler from today, undetected among the ordinary people: how to dress, behave yourself in public, earn a living, and find somewhere to live. Just as importantly, you will be given advice on how to stay on the right side of the law, and how to avoid getting seriously ill. Monica Hall creatively evokes this bygone era, filling the pages of this book with all aspects of daily life within the period, calling upon diaries, illustrations, letters, poetry, prose, eighteenth century laws, and archives. This detailed account intimately explores the ever-changing lives of those who lived through Britain's imperial prowess, the birth of modern capitalism, and the upheaval of the industrial revolution, major political reform, and class division. "A fantastic piece of social history that fills in a huge number of gaps in our knowledge. First class entertainment and educational at the same time!" - Books Monthly

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 10, 2019).

ISBN:

9781473876880

1473876885

9781473876873

1473876877

9781473876866

1473876869