Nonfiction Books on the Georgian and Regency eras

1.
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,122 ratings
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Georgette Heyer's Regency World
Georgette Heyer's Regency World 4.02 avg rating — 3,869 ratings
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III 3.89 avg rating — 2,543 ratings
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Dr. Johnson's London
Dr. Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating — 778 ratings
5.
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England 3.92 avg rating — 832 ratings
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Jane Austen's England
Jane Austen's England 3.82 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
7.
Wedlock
Wedlock 3.92 avg rating — 1,852 ratings
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 4.10 avg rating — 1,958 ratings
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The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace 4.03 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
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Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson 3.78 avg rating — 668 ratings
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Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana 3.89 avg rating — 655 ratings
12.
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England 3.87 avg rating — 522 ratings
13.
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England 3.85 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
15.
The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal, and Divorce
The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal, and Divorce 3.78 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
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The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital
The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital 3.84 avg rating — 317 ratings
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How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate 3.65 avg rating — 977 ratings
18.
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess 3.92 avg rating — 912 ratings
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Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch 3.95 avg rating — 3,651 ratings
20.
London Journal, 1762 - 1763
London Journal, 1762 - 1763 3.85 avg rating — 679 ratings
21.
In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815
In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815 4.04 avg rating — 278 ratings
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Mrs. Jordan's Profession: The Actress and the Prince
Mrs. Jordan's Profession: The Actress and the Prince 4.04 avg rating — 299 ratings
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England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton 3.89 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
24.
George III: A Personal History
George III: A Personal History 3.84 avg rating — 386 ratings
25.
The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London (The Original 1815 Guidebook)
The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London (The Original 1815 Guidebook) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science 3.97 avg rating — 9,815 ratings
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George Iii's Children
George Iii's Children 3.84 avg rating — 68 ratings
28.
Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's Most Popular Author
Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's Most Popular Author 4.03 avg rating — 723 ratings
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The Georgian Princesses
The Georgian Princesses 3.81 avg rating — 122 ratings
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The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating — 3,644 ratings
31.
The Young Melbourne
The Young Melbourne 3.98 avg rating — 46 ratings
32.
The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London
The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London 3.85 avg rating — 129 ratings
33.
Mrs. Hurst Dancing: And Other Scenes From Regency Life, 1812-1823
Mrs. Hurst Dancing: And Other Scenes From Regency Life, 1812-1823 4.65 avg rating — 54 ratings
34.
Georgian London: Into the Streets
Georgian London: Into the Streets 4.09 avg rating — 467 ratings
34.
The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812
The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812 4.34 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Decency and Disorder
Decency and Disorder 3.86 avg rating — 148 ratings
37.
The Four Georges
The Four Georges 2.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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King's Mistress, Queen's Servant
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant 4.02 avg rating — 190 ratings
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life In Nineteenth-Century England
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life In Nineteenth-Century England 3.85 avg rating — 5,732 ratings
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Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Cooking Up History)
Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Cooking Up History) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
41.
The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811--20
The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811--20 4.16 avg rating — 61 ratings
42.
The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century 4.18 avg rating — 153 ratings
43.
Bath
Bath really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World 3.98 avg rating — 814 ratings
45.
Earls of Creation: Five Great Patrons of 18th Century Art
Earls of Creation: Five Great Patrons of 18th Century Art 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
46.
A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings
A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings 3.77 avg rating — 370 ratings
47.
Holland House: A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon
Holland House: A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Harriette Wilsons Memoirs
Harriette Wilsons Memoirs 3.70 avg rating — 177 ratings
49.
Jane Austen And Her Times, 1775-1817
Jane Austen And Her Times, 1775-1817 3.46 avg rating — 101 ratings
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A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727 - 1783
A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727 - 1783 3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Improper Pursuits : The Scandalous Life of Lady Di Beauclerk
Improper Pursuits : The Scandalous Life of Lady Di Beauclerk 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe 3.69 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Dearest Bess - Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire
Dearest Bess - Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match 3.92 avg rating — 1,852 ratings
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The two duchesses, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. Family correspondence of and relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol ... the Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady
The two duchesses, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. Family correspondence of and relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol ... the Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Jane Austen at Home
Jane Austen at Home 4.15 avg rating — 10,128 ratings
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Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
by: Rory Muir
4.16 avg rating — 183 ratings
58.
The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century
The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century 3.42 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Georgian London
Georgian London 4.15 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton
Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton 3.55 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Georgian Cookery
Georgian Cookery 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Georgian Britain: 1714 to 1837
Georgian Britain: 1714 to 1837 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Passion & Principle: The Loves and Lives of Regency Women
Passion & Principle: The Loves and Lives of Regency Women 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Georgian Country House: Architecture, Landscape and Society
The Georgian Country House: Architecture, Landscape and Society 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Making of a Great Power: Late Stuart and Early Georgian Britain, 1660-1722
The Making of a Great Power: Late Stuart and Early Georgian Britain, 1660-1722 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Strawberry Hill Set: Horace Walpole and His Circle
The Strawberry Hill Set: Horace Walpole and His Circle 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels
Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels 4.16 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
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Margaretta Acworth's Georgian Cookery Book
Margaretta Acworth's Georgian Cookery Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House
Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
70.
Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era
Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era 4.07 avg rating — 177 ratings
70.
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
Black London: Life Before Emancipation 4.03 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England
Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A Nation of Readers: The Lending Library in Georgian England
A Nation of Readers: The Lending Library in Georgian England 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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London's Georgian houses
London's Georgian houses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
75.
Poor Robin's Prophesies: A curious Almanac, and the everyday mathematics of Georgian England
Poor Robin's Prophesies: A curious Almanac, and the everyday mathematics of Georgian England 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
76.
William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain
William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
77.
The Timetraveller's Guide to Georgian London
The Timetraveller's Guide to Georgian London did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
78.
The diary of a Georgian shopkeeper
The diary of a Georgian shopkeeper 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings
79.
George III: America's Last King
George III: America's Last King 3.62 avg rating — 89 ratings
80.
A Hundred Years of Georgian London: From The Accession of George I to The Heyday of The Regency
A Hundred Years of Georgian London: From The Accession of George I to The Heyday of The Regency 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
81.
Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency
Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency 3.74 avg rating — 215 ratings
82.
Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV
Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV 3.32 avg rating — 38 ratings
82.
George IV: Inspiration of the Regency
George IV: Inspiration of the Regency 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes 3.66 avg rating — 188 ratings
84.
Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare
Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare 4.17 avg rating — 88 ratings
84.
A Visitor's Guide to Georgian England
A Visitor's Guide to Georgian England 3.48 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain 4.23 avg rating — 1,687 ratings
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Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline 3.58 avg rating — 274 ratings
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The Profligate Son: Or, A True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency Britain
The Profligate Son: Or, A True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency Britain 3.79 avg rating — 96 ratings
84.
The Scandalous Lady W
The Scandalous Lady W 3.78 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
91.
Life in the Georgian Court
Life in the Georgian Court 3.77 avg rating — 93 ratings
91.
Medical Education in the Age of Improvement: Edinburgh Students and Apprentices 1760-1826
Medical Education in the Age of Improvement: Edinburgh Students and Apprentices 1760-1826 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Mrs. Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers
Mrs. Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers 4.23 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England 3.83 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832 4.10 avg rating — 1,958 ratings
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George III: King and Politicians 1760-1770
George III: King and Politicians 1760-1770 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72 3.87 avg rating — 1,283 ratings
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The Georgian Bawdyhouse
The Georgian Bawdyhouse 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time 3.90 avg rating — 311 ratings
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Flunkeys and Scullions : Life Below Stairs in Georgian England
Flunkeys and Scullions : Life Below Stairs in Georgian England 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
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