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Beau Brummell (The Ultimate Dandy) by Ian Kelly
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Hardcover book with dust jacket - very good condition - like new - see photo scans.”
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Academic History
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- ISBN
- 9780340836989
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Beau Brummell
- Item Height
- 2in
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Unknown Publisher
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- General, Customs & Traditions, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 38.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 592 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Beau Brummell's life is a riveting story of unparalleled fame, fashion and admiration followed by a descent into poverty and madness. The man who put Saville Row on the map, who could win friends, political arguments or the favours of women with apparent effortlessness, and who was responsible for some of the wittiest put-downs in history, Brummell created the myth of the British gent typified by wit, style, sex, and the finest tailoring in the world. In this biography Ian Kelly brings the clothes, fashions and people of Regency England vividly to life. Brummell's life is a mirror to his own age and also to our own. Part Andy Warhol, part David Beckham, part Oscar Wilde Brummell became famous by virtue of his image at a time when the modern concept of 'celebrity' was first termed. This is the man with cause to be considered the father of the cult of personality to be considered, indeed, as the first true 'celebrity'.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Unknown Publisher
ISBN-10
0340836989
ISBN-13
9780340836989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63816795
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beau Brummell
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Customs & Traditions, Historical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
38.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da538.B6
Reviews
'Ian Kelly's magisterial, utterly gripping life of George 'Beau' Brummell is parable for modern times. Kelly sets out the arena deftly, with a vivid evocation of Georgian London. Kelly elegantly charts the tale of this fashion icon.', 'Lush, funny, exhaustively researched and beautifully written. What Ian Kelly's hugely entertaining biography of Beau Brummell does is restore him as a human being and make a convincing case for something much more profound: his role in shaping modern society. The reader will want neither the book, nor the intriguing life it recreates, to come to an end.', 'Splendid . . . What makes this book much more than just a relaxed, racy biography is the way its author brings to life not just the man but also the time in which he lived.', 'A magnificent, fantastic read: all the wonders of that incomparable age touched on with mastery; all I hoped it would be and more', 'Ian Kelly captures the sadness and frustration that lay behind the glamour; his book is elegant and scrupulously researched, with an admirable feeling for the age . . . sensitively narrated.', 'A magnificent work, as both portrait...and as panorama of a golden age...A treasure trove of lush details and grim realities.', 'A wonderful melange of social history and biography . . . Ian Kelly, in this vibrant, witty and fact-packed book has produced something of a tour-de-force. The pathos of the later years is almost unbearable, the details of prison life (and Eton life) done in a style almost as arresting as that of the man himself.', 'This grand new account of the rapid rise and fall of the ultimate Regency dandy . . . is a finely written and beautifully illustrated book which does credit to the extraordinary life, times and legacy of its subject.', 'Beautifully illustrated . . . destroys the myths. This is the only book you need to read if you want to know the whole truth about Brummell.', 'Wonderful . . . nearly every page of the first half tells us something intriguing about late-Georgian society, while the second half conjures up an image of the decayed dandy in exile worthy of Balzac. He is also an unusually sharp and sophisticated writer.'
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2006-373774
Dewey Decimal
941.073092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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