Prince of Pleasure
Subtitle: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency
Edition: 1st American edition
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780871137395
Subjects: Great Britain - History; IV,; George III, 1760-1820; Political; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; History; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - British; Great Britain; Royalty; King of Great Britain,; Regency; Europe - Great Britain - General; 1762-1830; George
First sentence: Queen Charlotte of England was just 18, and had been married less than a year, when she fulfilled her dynastic obligations by giving birth to as 'strong, large and pretty boy . . . as ever was seen' at St James's Palace in the early evening of 12 August 1762.