The Regency Years

Reviews / Votes

"Given such plenty, what more could one ask from a work of cultural history?" -- Michael Dirda - Washington Post "A lively account of a turning point in British history.... Robert Morrison creates an indelible impression of the Regency." -- Clare Brant - Times Higher Education (UK) "Superb.... The Regency period lasted for less than a decade but, as Mr. Morrison argues, 'its many legacies are still all around us.' It was also, as this book amply proves, marvellously entertaining." -- Economist "[A] zippy and vivid portrait." -- Henry Hitchings - Sunday Times (UK) "The Prince Regent... ruled over a period of extraordinary creativity and it is that progressive cultural legacy that Mr. Morrison commends to contemporary Britain and the rest of the world." -- Ruth Scurr - Wall Street Journal "Robert Morrison is my ideal of what a scholar should be-lively and interesting, he makes the past relevant to today." -- David Morrell, author of the Thomas and Emily De Quincey trilogy "This engaging history transports readers to England." -- Tom Beer - Newsday "A triumph of historical storytelling." -- Deidre Shauna Lynch, author of Loving Literature: A Cultural History "The Regency Years reads like a romance novel of its period without the novel, but makes an entertaining nonfiction read with superior prose and dialogue." -- Robert S. Davis - New York Journal of Books "Readers of this brilliant book will enjoy a rich experience, full of memorable surprises." -- Patricia Meyer Spacks, author of The Female Imagination