Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
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Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

7.0 / 10
2011
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

    29-08-201160m

    Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley looks at how the Prince Regent was obsessed with outdoing Napoleon not on the battlefield, but in opulence, bling and monumental architecture.

  • Ep 2

    2.Developing the Regency Brand

    05-09-201160m

    Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

    13-09-201160m

    Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts.

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