Author: Lewis MelvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dandies
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Beau Brummell; His Life and Letters
Author: Lewis MelvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dandies
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Beau Brummell
Author: Ian KellyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141653198X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
"If people turn to look at you in the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable." -- Beau Brummell Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male socialite of his time, the first metrosexual -- 200 years before the word was conceived. His name has become synonymous with wit, profligacy, fine tailoring, and fashion. A style pundit, Brummell was singly responsible for changing forever the way men dress -- inventing, in effect, the suit. Brummell cut a dramatic swath through British society, from his early years as a favorite of the Prince of Wales and an arbiter of taste in the Age of Elegance, to his precipitous fall into poverty, incarceration, and madness. Brummell created the blueprint for celebrity crash and burn, falling dramatically out of favor and spending his last years in a hellish asylum. For nearly two decades, Brummell ruled over the tastes and pursuits of the well heeled and influential, and for almost as long, lived in penury and exile. With vivid prose, critically acclaimed biographer Ian Kelly unlocks the glittering, turbulent world of late-eighteenth/early-nineteenth-century London -- the first truly modern metropolis: venal, fashion-and-celebrity obsessed, self-centered and self-doubting -- through the life of one of its greatest heroes and most tragic victims. Brummell personified London's West End, where a new style of masculinity and modern men's fashion were first defined. Brummell was the leading Casanova and elusive bachelor of his time, appealing to both men and women of his society. The man Lord Byron once claimed was more important than Napoleon, Brummell was the ultimate cosmopolitan man. "Toyboy" to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and leader of playboys including the eventual king of England, Brummell inspired Pushkin to write Eugene Onegin, and Byron to write Don Juan, and he influenced others from Oscar Wilde to Coco Chanel. Through love letters, historical records, and poems, Kelly reveals the man inside the suit, unlocking the scandalous behavior of London's high society while illuminating Brummell's enigmatic life in the colorful, tumultuous West End. A rare rendering of an era filled with excess, scandal, promiscuity, opulence, and luxury, Beau Brummell is the first comprehensive view of an elegant and ultimately tragic figure whose influence continues to this day.
The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell
Author: William JesseDeath on a Silver Tray
Author: Rosemary StevensPublisher: Berkley Hardcover
ISBN: 9780425174685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Set in Regency England, this story finds Beau Brummell in the middle of a murder investigation involving a countess who has been poisoned, allegedly by her paid companion. The Duchess of York, who hired the girl, stands to lose her good name. So she calls in Brummell, who uncovers other suspects.
Beauvallet
Author: Georgette HeyerPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402228163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, introduces the most daring and dashing hero of all. "Mad Nicholas" to his friends, "Scourge of Spain" to his enemies, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet is one of Queen Elizabeth's most dashing buccaneers and has never been known to resist a challenge. When Beauvallet captures the galleon carrying Doña Dominica de Rada y Sylvan and her father, he vows to return them safely to the shores of Spain. But he has no sooner done so than he proposes a venture more reckless than any of his exploits on the high seas—he will return to Spain, where there's a price on his head, and claim Dominica as his bride... Praise for Georgette Heyer and Beauvallet: "Cinematographic with escapes, kidnapping, galloping sword play, and a breathless elopement."—The Times Literary Supplement "Georgette Heyer was one of the great protagonists of the historical novel in the post-war golden age of the form. Her regency romances are delightful light reading, and her historical novels such as The Spanish Bride and An Infamous Army demonstrate how fiction and history can work together to make a valuable literary form."—Philippa Gregory, New York Times bestselling author
Beau Brummell His Life and Letters
Author: The Bloodied Cravat
Author: Rosemary StevensPublisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425190760
Category : Courts and courtiers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Arriving at the estate of Frederica, Duchess of York, Beau learns that his luggage was stolen--including an indiscreet letter that Freddie wrote to him which can embroil them both in scandal. But when another guest is murdered, Beau cannot allow her to be accused.
Beau Brummel
Author: Lewis MelvillePublisher:
ISBN: 9780827419162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A.L.A. Catalog, 1926
Author: Isabella Mitchell CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Standard Catalog: Biography Section
Author: H.W. Wilson CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bio-bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description