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Meet the Georgians - Epic Tales from Britain's Wildest Century
Meet the Georgians - Epic Tales from Britain's Wildest Century
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Disgrifiodd un o'i gariadon yr Arglwydd Byron fel gŵr gwallgof, drwg a pheryglus i'w adnabod. Dyma'r bardd a yfai win o benglog mynach ac a gysgai gyda'i hanner chwaer. Mewn gwirionedd, mae 'gwallgof, drwg a pheryglus' yn ddisgrifiad da o'r cyfnod Sioraidd ar ei hyd.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' is how Lord Byron, the poet who drank wine from a monk's skull and slept with his half-sister, was described by one of his many lovers. But 'mad, bad and dangerous' serves as a good description for the entire Georgian period.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780008437060
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780008437060
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Meet the Georgians - Epic Tales from Britain's Wildest Century
- Awdur / Author
- Peal, Robert
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2022-07-07
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 304 pages
- Size
- 129 × 198 mm; depth 19 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Across this century, new foods – pineapples, coffee and pepper – suddenly became available in the shops. Fashion exploded into a riot of colour, frilly shirts and wigs. Gin was drunk like it was water. Demands for women’s rights were heard, and it became possible to question the existence of God without fear of prompt execution. These exciting new developments came, of course, from the expanding British Empire. Britain’s wealth and its sudden access to chocolate, chillies and spices, was entirely bound up with the conquest of overseas territories and the miserable suffering of enslaved workers. This is the backdrop to Robert Peal’s new book, which introduces the Georgian era through the diverse lives of twelve ‘magnificent – if not moral’ people who defined it.
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