Dark Days of Georgian Britain

Rethinking the Regency

James R. Hobson

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Pen and Sword
01 December 2022

History; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history

In Dark Days of Georgian Britain, James Hobson challenges the long established view of high society during the Regency, and instead details an account of a society in change. Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political and economic upheaval. In this insightful social history the emphasis is on the life of the every-man, on the lives of the poor and the challenges they faced. Using a wide range of sources, Hobson shares the stories of real people. He explores corruption in government and elections; ""bread or blood"" rioting, the political discontent felt and the revolutionaries involved. He explores attitudes to adultery and marriage, and the moral panic about homosexuality. Grave robbery is exposed, along with the sharp pinch of food scarcity, prison and punishment. It is not a gentle portrayal akin to Jane Austen's England, this is a society where the popular hatred of the Prince Regent was widespread and where laws and new capitalist attitudes oppressed the poor. With Hobson's illustrative account, it is time to rethink the Regency.

AUTHOR: James Hobson read History at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and has 25 year's experience of teaching and reading about history. Now retired, he researches the social history of his specialist period, Britain c1790-c1837, and runs his successful blog on the Regency 'about1816'.

By: James R. Hobson
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399077439
ISBN 10: 1399077430
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

James Hobson read History at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and has 25 year's experience of teaching and reading about history. Now retired, he researches the social history of his specialist period, Britain c1790-c1837, and runs his successful blog on the Regency 'about1816'.

Reviews for Dark Days of Georgian Britain: Rethinking the Regency

""Hobson has found original stories of real people that shine a light on their life... a consciously unromantic book about an era which has been fictionalized as elegant.""-- ""SirReadALot.org""