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The Prince of Pleasure (Hardcover)

by Saul David (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown; 1st edition (5 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316646164
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316646161
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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'An outstanding biography, stimulating, persuasive and superbly written' P. D. James,


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'Marvellously lucid, and sometimes very witty, narrative is based on sound archival research, and written with great stylishness and verve'
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4.0 out of 5 stars No revisionist breakthroughs here, but a lot of fun, 5 Jan 2001
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George IV or the Prince Regent is the caricature monarch of English history. In the age of the scything cartoonist, the larger than life Prince was the ideal subject through his loves, sense of melodrama and overblown antics. David, wisely in my opinion confines himself to the period before his ascendancy to the throne, after which George, by virtue of his gout and his unpopularity became a subdued, sorry figure. David whisks us through all the major episodes, Mrs. Fitzherbert, his doomed marriage, the infidelity of both spouses and his eternal opulence and theatrics. There is such a wealth of literature both on the Prince and the Regency, that a new approach or a fresh insight is virtually impossible, particularly from a biographical standpoint. Hence the best an author can do under the circumstances is provide a rollicking read and a fun, lively approach and David measures up to the task. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book about a perenially endearing cartoonlike figure. No revisionist breakthroughs here, but a lot of fun.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mostly for British history buffs, 25 Feb 2002
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If you are British and already reasonably well acquainted with the 19th century political scene of Great Britain you will probably have much more fun reading this book than I as a foreigner had. For without knowing exactly what the Whigs and Conservatives stood for at the time and without knowing all the political figures and noble families undoubtedly familiar to those British readers, many anecdotes fall into the category "Well, you had to be there".
More superficial perhaps, but much more fun in my view for the relative outsider, is another book on the Hanover dynasty available through Amazon: "Royal Dukes". Saul David's book was described "extremely entertaining" by Christopher Hibbert, and I would no doubt agree if I had his background knowledge.
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