Politics and society in an aristocratic world--as seen in the dramatic story of a notorious duel. On the morning of November 15, 1712, two of Britain's most important peers, the fourth Baron Mohun and the fourth Duke of Hamilton, met in Hyde Park. In a flurry of brutal swordplay that lasted perhaps two minutes, both fell mortally wounded. For months afterward, the kingdom was in a uproar, for the duel had occurred at a moment of grave political crisis. Whigs and Tories, increasingly desperate over the future as Queen Anne ...
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Politics and society in an aristocratic world--as seen in the dramatic story of a notorious duel. On the morning of November 15, 1712, two of Britain's most important peers, the fourth Baron Mohun and the fourth Duke of Hamilton, met in Hyde Park. In a flurry of brutal swordplay that lasted perhaps two minutes, both fell mortally wounded. For months afterward, the kingdom was in a uproar, for the duel had occurred at a moment of grave political crisis. Whigs and Tories, increasingly desperate over the future as Queen Anne neared death, hurled charges of political murder and treasonous plotting against one another. Charge and countercharge filled the press as the social and moral crises mounted. Using the famous Mohun-Hamilton duel as a focal point, Victor Stater re-creates the desperate aristocratic world of late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century Britain. Mohun and Hamilton stood at opposite ends of a bitterly divided political spectrum, but politics was not the only cause of their quarrel. A decade-long battle over a disputed inheritance was a crucial element, and Stater shows how, amid the luxury and ostentation of the aristocratic lifestyle, something very like moral anarchy reigned. The result is a stunning narrative of life and death in a tumultuous time, an era in which incivility and moral turpitude ruled beneath a thin veneer of aristocratic manners.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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New York, Hill and Wang, 1999, hardcover, xix-332 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Using the famous Mohun-Hamilton duel of 1712 as his focal point, Stater recreates the desperate aristocracy of the age, living a life of luxury and ostentation, where incivility and moral anarchy reigned under only a thin veneer of aristocratic manners. Illustrated on 22 pages from drawings, paintings and contemporary photographs. Appended; List of English Monarchs 1485-1714 and Family Trees, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Sources of Illustration and Index. ISBN 9780809040339
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0809040336. Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. DJ not price clipped, short tear rear panel at bottom edge. There is a tan stain on the front of the jacket. Not book club edition. Not a remainder.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 332 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Stater re-creates the desperate aristocratic world pf late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century Britain...in which incivility and moral turpitude held sway beneath a thin veneer of aristocratic manners." In near fine, clean and bright internal order. Small ink mark to front pastedown. Smart grey paper-covered boards with blue cloth to spine, very lightly faded at base. VG unclipped d/j. Brown 'stains' are part of the jacket design (I've seen enough books where they are real! ). 8vo. ixx, 322pp.
