Mid-Georgian Britain: 174069

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The mid-Georgian period in Britain was one of both elegance and deception. As the middle and upper classes enjoyed their wealth with an increasing range of consumer goods, the poor endured debtor's prison and an increasing number of crimes with the death penalty. This, the latest addition to the growing Living Histories series, charts the growth of the empire and looks at the growing importance of London as a capital city where rich and poor rubbed shoulders. Jacqueline Riding creates a vivid portrait of the daily reality of life for a middle-class family in this age of growing affluence.

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Jackie Riding is an arts and heritage consultant. She studied at the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York University, and worked at Tate Britain and the Palace of Westminster before becoming the founding director of the Handel House Museum. She is co-author of Art in Parliament (1996), co-editor, contributor to Houses of Parliament: History Art Architecture (2000) and author of Handel and the Foundling Hospital (2003).