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Foyster Elizabeth
The Trials Of The King Of Hampshire Madness Secrecy And Betrayal In Georgian England
The Trials Of The King Of Hampshire Madness Secrecy And Betrayal In Georgian England
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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.
Title: The Trials Of The King Of Hampshire Madness Secrecy And Betrayal In Georgian England
Author(s): Foyster Elizabeth
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9781786071781
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2017
Category: Social & Cultural History
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.
Title: The Trials Of The King Of Hampshire Madness Secrecy And Betrayal In Georgian England
Author(s): Foyster Elizabeth
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9781786071781
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2017
Category: Social & Cultural History