Introduction: the 'brilliant vortex'
1: The beau monde: London's little coterie
2: Leading the fashion: 'a most brilliant shew'
3: Life in the town: 'all together and all distinct'
4: Politics and fashionable life: 'all the chatter chitter I
heard'
5: The court and fashionable display: 'most tastefully
spangled'
6: Beauties: 'so pow'rful her charms'
7: Risk, exile and fraud: a changeable world
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Dr Greig is a historian of eighteenth-century Britain, with a
particular interest in gender, material culture and the cultural
histories of politics and state craft. Greig is also a highly
experienced and established consultant to film, theatre and
television. With over a decade of experience of working with
creative partners she is internationally recognised for her
expertise in this field. Recent credits include the Oscar and
BAFTA-winning feature film, The
Favourite; Bridgerton; numerous BBC dramas, most notably the
flagship BBC drama Poldark (series 1-5); Andrew Davies's adaptation
of Sanditon for ITV; as well as RSC stage productions.
Through the variety of case studies, wide range of complementary
topics, and extensive bibliography, this text offers itself as a
stepping stone for further academic study, while also giving the
more casual reader an entertaining and comprehensive book.
*Hannah Carr, The Journal of Dress History*
Ms. Greig's work is an absorbing cultural and political history of
aristocratic Georgian England.
*Austenprose Blog*
Hannah Greig ... tackles the challenge posed by her title The Beau
Monde, head on, wrestling with it, taking it apart, even adding a
dense but deeply researched "supplementary essay" on the uses and
meanings of the term. All this pays off, for her vivd and playful
book tantalizes us ... Greig moves with faultless poise through the
London scenes that she has so carefully and memorably
anatomized
*Anthony Fletcher, TLS*
The pages of Greig's work sparkle with lush descriptions of jewels,
clothing and colourful pictures of elite life... Readers seeking a
meticulously researched exploration of the world of the beau monde
won't be disappointed.
*BBC History magazine*
A fascinating study... If you remember Michael Heseltine being
dismissively described by Alan Clark as a man who bought his own
furniture, you will find Greig's thoughtful account of its
18th-century equivalent a great read.
*The Times Higher Education Supplement*
The Beau Monde is diligently researched and the footnotes are full
of matter.
*Norma Clarke, Literary Review*
Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated, including
merciless satirical drawings of the time, The Beau Monde is a
fascinating spin round this most colourful period.
*The Lady*
This book, beautifully illustrated throughout, encapsulates the
quest for power and exclusivity in a changing world.
*Discover Your History*
A sparkling and iconoclastic debut. Hannah Greig rescues belles and
beaux from celebrity biography to restore a dynamic social
universe, charting the rise of a new social leadership in the wake
of the glorious revolution - forged by fashion, and remade in town
every single season.
*Amanda Vickery, author of Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian
England*
an impressively researched and wide-ranging account of the social
and cultural practices of 18th-century Britain's "fashionable"
aristocratic elite
*M.H. Markus, CHOICE*
I suspect that it will succeed in gaining a wide readership --
deservedly so, because it manages to combine readability (Greig has
a keen eye for lively quotation and telling details) with subtle
and important scholarship.
*Bob Harris, English Historical Review*
there is much to commend here. The wealth of manuscript material
mined in the course of the book's production is impressive. Greig's
use of a variety of household accounts helps to illustrate some
keen observations.
*Robin Eagles, History*
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