The Secret History of the Court of England
The Book the British Government Banned
Published on 3. February 2023
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-1-3990-1582-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Georgian era, we are told, was a polite and commercial era. The supposedly refined aristocracy governed the nation while the bourgeoisie, at the centre of the largest empire the world had ever known, expanded the nation's overseas trading interests while currying royal favours. It was an era which witnessed the flowering of art, literature, and music. But at the heart of the British Empire was something rotten: Vice, corruption, and crime reigned supreme.
Someone had had enough and decided to expose this and so, in 1832, a curious book appeared for sale titled The Secret History of the Court of England. Written by Olivia Serres under the pseudonym of Lady Anne Hamilton, this was a sensational chronicle of the crime, vice, and debauchery designed to shock and titillate its reader. It contained a number of accusations against establishment figures: Was George IV guilty of bigamy? What was the Prince's true relationship with one Mrs Robinson? Did the Duke of Cumberland's servant Mr Sellis really commit suicide or was he MURERED IN COLD BLOOD? All these questions, and more, will be answered in Lady Anne Hamilton's Secret History of the Court of England, originally published in 1832 and reprinted at long last!
Someone had had enough and decided to expose this and so, in 1832, a curious book appeared for sale titled The Secret History of the Court of England. Written by Olivia Serres under the pseudonym of Lady Anne Hamilton, this was a sensational chronicle of the crime, vice, and debauchery designed to shock and titillate its reader. It contained a number of accusations against establishment figures: Was George IV guilty of bigamy? What was the Prince's true relationship with one Mrs Robinson? Did the Duke of Cumberland's servant Mr Sellis really commit suicide or was he MURERED IN COLD BLOOD? All these questions, and more, will be answered in Lady Anne Hamilton's Secret History of the Court of England, originally published in 1832 and reprinted at long last!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Barnsley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
32 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3990-1582-0 (9781399015820)
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Basdeo Stephen Basdeo
Secret History of the Court of England
E-Book
03/2023
Pen and Sword History
€11.49
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The Secret History of the Court of England was written by a woman calling herself Lady Anne Hamilton in 1832. However, Lady Anne Hamilton was a pseudonym for Olivia Serres (1772-1834). Her intention was to expose the immorality of the polite Georgian court.
Edited by Dr Stephen Basdeo, who has spent over a decade researching eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Foreword by Dr Rachael Gillibrand, Lecturer in History at the University of Leeds.
Edited by Dr Stephen Basdeo, who has spent over a decade researching eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Foreword by Dr Rachael Gillibrand, Lecturer in History at the University of Leeds.