Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

2011
1 Seasons
3 Episodes
7 (1)
Ended

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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Seasons

3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

September 13, 2011

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

2. Developing the Regency Brand

September 05, 2011

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

1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

August 29, 2011

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.

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