The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
- ISBN-10
- 0802719872
- ISBN-13
- 9780802719874
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-08-17
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Lucy Worsley
Description
An 18th-century portrait of the palace most recognized as an official home of several British royal family members focuses on the Hanover family during the reigns of George I and II, describing the intrigue, ostentatious fashions and politicking that marked court life. By the author of Cavalier.
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