| The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England Contributor(s): Foyster, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786071789 ISBN-13: 9781786071781 Publisher: ONEWorld Publications OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.80 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Guardian best history book of 2016 Eccentric, shy aristocrat ... or mad, bad and dangerous to know? Neighbour Jane Austen found the 3rd earl of Portsmouth a model gentleman and Lord Byron maintained that, while the man was a fool, he was certainly no madman. Behind closed doors, though, Portsmouth delighted in pinching his servants so that they screamed, asked dairy-maids to bleed him with lancets and was obsessed with attending funerals. After he'd lived this way for years, in 1823 his own family set out to have him declared insane. Still reeling from the madness of King George, society could not tear itself away from what would become the longest, costliest and most controversial insanity trial in British history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foyster, Elizabeth: - "Elizabeth Foyster is a Fellow and Senior College Lecturer at Clare College, Cambridge. She explores the sort of subjects that are often left out of the history books - childhood, married life, sex, relationships with siblings and parents, masculinity, old age and widowhood. She lives in London." |