Synopsis
Confidante to George II and Queen Charlotte, right-hand man to Walpole, rival to Alexander Pope, with his arresting looks and his acid tongue Lord Hervey was one of the brightest stars on a glittering stage. Yet for all his hard-won public fame there was a scandalous private side to Hervey which inhibited his rise and, finally, spelt his downfall: his ten-year affair with another man, Stephen Fox. In this entertaining and wonderfully-observed biography, Lucy Moore brings to life an entire age, with its shimmering artifice, poisonous deceit, its highly wrought melodrama and its grand passions.
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À propos de l'auteur
Lucy Moore was born in 1970 and lives in Gloucestershire. She is the author of THE THIEVES' OPERA and edited CON MEN AND CUTPURSES.
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Amphibious Thing: The Adventures of a Georgian Rake
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Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0140273646
ISBN 13 : 9780140273649
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Lord Hervey was one of the most controversial figures of the Georgian age. The consummate courtier - strikingly handsome, elegant and witty - he was both the favourite of the Queen and right-hand man to Walpole. Painted by Hogarth, satirized by Fielding and Pope, and confidant of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Hervey counted among his friends and enemies some of the most brilliant men and women of the age. Yet for all his hard-won public fame, there was a scandalous private side to Hervey. He was certainly a rake (rumour had it that he shared a mistress with the Prince of Wales), but such behaviour was quite normal among the 18th-century aristocracy. Less usual, however, was his ten-year affair with another man. From the outset, Hervey was fascinated by Stephen Fox. His engaging, delightfully witty letters reveal the depth of their passion for one another, and the lengths to which they were driven in order to escape detection. Finally, theirs became an "open secret", one of many factors that was to contribute to Hervey's downfall. In this biography, Lucy Moore brings to life an entire age, with its shimmering artifice and its poisonous deceit, its highly wrought melodrama and its grand passions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR001292152
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Amphibious Thing: The Adventures of a Georgian Rake
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Penguin, United Kingdom, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0140273646
ISBN 13 : 9780140273649
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Amphibious Thing : The Adventures of a Georgian Rake
Edité par
Penguin, United Kingdom, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0140273646
ISBN 13 : 9780140273649
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paperback
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paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, pictorial card covers, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w plates, 376pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 246741
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Amphibious Thing: The Adventures of a Georgian Rake
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