The First Celebrities. Five Regency Portraits, Hardback/Peter James Bowman

When did celebrity culture begin? In the Regency period, when people hungered for news of the illegitimate actress who became a duchess and the richest woman in England; and the hard-drinking Regency buck who horse-whipped anyone who criticised his terrible novels. Publisher: Amberley Publishing Author(s): Peter James Bowman Illustration(s): 16 Plates, color Number of pages: 320 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 168 x 246 x 38 Cover type: Hardback