{"product_id":"the-first-celebrities-9781445677897","title":"The First Celebrities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen did celebrity culture begin? In the Regency period, when people hungered for news of the illegitimate actress who became a duchess and the richest woman in England; and the hard-drinking Regency buck who horse-whipped anyone who criticised his terrible novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Here, Peter James Bowman thrusts us into the world of five A-listers of another period, indeed, from the very cradle of celebrity culture: Regency London. He gives us highly readable pen portraits of five ‘celebs’ who sprang from a heady cocktail of a capitalist economy, democratic ideas, an increase in literacy and a rumbustious free press.' -- Jeremy Musson, Country Life Magazine\u003cbr\u003e'The five chapters are fascinating and provide a novel window into the political and cultural climate of Austen’s period.' -- JASNA News, Winter 2023-2024","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739292578135,"sku":"9781445677897","price":19.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781445677897.jpg?v=1720051792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-first-celebrities-9781445677897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}