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Ian Kelly Beau Brummell (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Beau Brummell : the Ultimate Man of Style
- Publication Name
- Beau Brummell
- Title
- Beau Brummell
- Subtitle
- The Ultimate Man of Style
- Format
- Perfect
- ISBN-10
- 1416584587
- EAN
- 9781416584582
- ISBN
- 9781416584582
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Modern / 18th Century, Cultural Heritage, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Customs & Traditions, Historical
- Release Year
- 2007
- Release Date
- 26/10/2007
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 19 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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"If people turn to look at you in the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable." -- Beau Brummell Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male socialite of his time, the first metrosexual -- 200 years before the word was conceived. His name has become synonymous with wit, profligacy, fine tailoring, and fashion. A style pundit, Brummell was singly responsible for changing forever the way men dress -- inventing, in effect, the suit. Brummell cut a dramatic swath through British society, from his early years as a favorite of the Prince of Wales and an arbiter of taste in the Age of Elegance, to his precipitous fall into poverty, incarceration, and madness. Brummell created the blueprint for celebrity crash and burn, falling dramatically out of favor and spending his last years in a hellish asylum. For nearly two decades, Brummell ruled over the tastes and pursuits of the well heeled and influential, and for almost as long, lived in penury and exile. With vivid prose, critically acclaimed biographer Ian Kelly unlocks the glittering, turbulent world of late-eighteenth/early-nineteenth-century London -- the first truly modern metropolis: venal, fashion-and-celebrity obsessed, self-centered and self-doubting -- through the life of one of its greatest heroes and most tragic victims. Brummell personified London's West End, where a new style of masculinity and modern men's fashion were first defined. Brummell was the leading Casanova and elusive bachelor of his time, appealing to both men and women of his society. The man Lord Byron once claimed was more important than Napoleon, Brummell was the ultimate cosmopolitan man. "Toyboy" to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and leader of playboys including the eventual king of England, Brummell inspired Pushkin to write Eugene Onegin , and Byron to write Don Juan , and he influenced others from Oscar Wilde to Coco Chanel. Through love letters, historical records, and poems, Kelly reveals the man inside the suit, unlocking the scandalous behavior of London's high society while illuminating Brummell's enigmatic life in the colorful, tumultuous West End. A rare rendering of an era filled with excess, scandal, promiscuity, opulence, and luxury, Beau Brummell is the first comprehensive view of an elegant and ultimately tragic figure whose influence continues to this day.
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1416584587
ISBN-13
9781416584582
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150509091
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beau Brummell : the Ultimate Man of Style
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Cultural Heritage, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Customs & Traditions, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da538.B6
Reviews
"A superlative book . . . thoughtful, absorbing and hugely diverting. Besides an astute biography, we get a panorama of the times . . . Lushly illustrated, carefully researched, and intelligently argued, this biography will entertain and enlighten." -- George Walden, Daily Mail (London), "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." -- Colin McDowell, Sunday Times
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
941.07/3092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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