Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Name: Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Released: 2011-08-29
Rating: 7
Cast: Lucy Worsley

7.0

August 29, 2011

1 Season • 3 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

Overview

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

Cast

Lucy Worsley

Self - Presenter

Episodes

1. Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

August 29, 2011 • 60m

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.

2. Developing the Regency Brand

September 5, 2011 • 60m

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

3. The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

September 13, 2011 • 60m

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

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