Download or read book High Society in the Regency Period, 1788-1820 written by Venetia Murray and published by Penguin Mass Market. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This social history of the Regency Period chronicles the manners, the morals and the attitudes of everyone from dandies to pugilists, duchesses to courtesans. Also, the art of caricature flourished during the Regency and this book contains examples from artists such as Gillray and Cruikshank.