Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Season 1

3 episodes · Aug 29, 2011

0/3 watched

Swipe a row to mark watched · long-press to mark up to there

  • S1E1

    Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

    Aug 29, 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.

    Reviews
  • S1E2

    Developing the Regency Brand

    Sep 5, 201160m

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

    Reviews
  • S1E3

    The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

    Sep 13, 201160m

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

    Reviews