The Trials of the King of Hampshire : Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1786071789
ISBN-13
9781786071781
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Imprint
Oneworld Publications
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 7th, 2017
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
356 grams
Dimensions
13.00 x 19.80 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900Social & cultural history
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The Guardian best history book of 2016 – a fantastic story of an aristocratic family desperate to prove that one of their own is insane
A Guardian best history book of 2016
Eccentric, shy aristocrat … or mad, bad and dangerous to know?
Neighbour Jane Austen found the 3rd earl of Portsmouth a model gentleman and Lord Byron maintained that, while the man was a fool, he was certainly no madman. Behind closed doors, though, Portsmouth delighted in pinching his servants so that they screamed, asked dairy-maids to bleed him with lancets and was obsessed with attending funerals. After he’d lived this way for years, in 1823 his own family set out to have him declared insane. Still reeling from the madness of King George, society could not tear itself away from what would become the longest, costliest and most controversial insanity trial in British history.
Eccentric, shy aristocrat … or mad, bad and dangerous to know?
Neighbour Jane Austen found the 3rd earl of Portsmouth a model gentleman and Lord Byron maintained that, while the man was a fool, he was certainly no madman. Behind closed doors, though, Portsmouth delighted in pinching his servants so that they screamed, asked dairy-maids to bleed him with lancets and was obsessed with attending funerals. After he’d lived this way for years, in 1823 his own family set out to have him declared insane. Still reeling from the madness of King George, society could not tear itself away from what would become the longest, costliest and most controversial insanity trial in British history.
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