Scenes from a Georgian Life

by Margaret Willes

For Georgian Britain, caricatures and cartoons occupied the place of today¹s popular press and television, recording the flow of events, moods, and fashions. In Scenes from Georgian Life, the author focuses on 25 of these images, tracing the stories behind them—the activities of the rich and famous, the perils of the latest fashions, traffic jams, scientific fads—does it all sound familiar?

Genres: Nonfiction, History

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Margaret Willes studied modern history and architectural history at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was an editor at three London publishing houses before becoming the Publisher at the National Trust, where she began the Trust's own book imprint. In addition to producing the list that included many illustrated books, she also acted as the author of works such as Memories of Childhood (1997) and Scenes from Georgian Life (2001).