Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

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Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

2011- 2011

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Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the Regency.

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