tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post274770739729726292..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: King George IV—some alternate viewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79109602102560714012011-09-08T11:56:36.836-04:002011-09-08T11:56:36.836-04:00Just love your blog. Your research is so good. Y...Just love your blog. Your research is so good. You might be interested in a Costume Study tour to U.K. for April 2012. Check out details at: jhisey.blogspot.com<br />Hoping to find 20 people to make this happen.<br />Joseph Hisey<br />Past Chair, Costume Society of OntarioJoseph Hiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676804071976351263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26638836384506957272011-09-08T11:09:53.164-04:002011-09-08T11:09:53.164-04:00Very astute comment, Jane - precisely. Trouble wa...Very astute comment, Jane - precisely. Trouble was that he loved the company of such rakes and didn't see why he shouldn't act the same way as they did.Charles Bazalgettehttp://chasbaz.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-71162823072048711582011-09-07T19:42:07.426-04:002011-09-07T19:42:07.426-04:00Thanks for the links, Loretta. I saw in the video ...Thanks for the links, Loretta. I saw in the video that George IV designed Buckingham Palace and I knew he was at least responsible for the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. I just spent an hour or more browsing the Royal Collection and there are many many pieces (including the whole Sevres china of Louis XIV -- at least I think that's the right Louis). Thanks for the revisit of George IV the much maligned.Marilu Vealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548028266395433961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36633165834582496852011-09-07T14:49:48.521-04:002011-09-07T14:49:48.521-04:00The problem seems to be that his virtues were not ...The problem seems to be that his virtues were not those of a king, and his vices were particularly contemptible in a king. Had he simply been a wealthy aristocrat, his role as patron of the arts might have made him admired, and his profligacy would have been a problem only for himself and his immediate family.Jane Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11884143629984059532011-09-07T12:14:13.227-04:002011-09-07T12:14:13.227-04:00Tom Ambrose does his best to show Prinny's goo...Tom Ambrose does his best to show Prinny's good sides in 'Prinny and His Pals'. Undoubtedly there were good things about the man. However, even this book doesn't really succeed in rehabilitating him. There was just too much that was weak, wasteful, petulant and selfish.Charles Bazalgettehttp://chasbaz.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-73652253465859314792011-09-07T10:14:35.800-04:002011-09-07T10:14:35.800-04:00His eagerness to take over for his father. The way...His eagerness to take over for his father. The way he treated his wife and daughter. The lack of self-control & over-indulgence. The childish temper tantrums.<br /><br />But I think most of all, he leaves you with the feeling of - he could have done better. I think it was the "unfulfilled potential" that caused his contemporaries to judge him so harshly. And history hasn't really changed that opinion.Kelly S. Bishophttp://kellysbishop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-68710374508869036432011-09-07T09:19:31.340-04:002011-09-07T09:19:31.340-04:00Perhaps it was that very lack of consistency and c...Perhaps it was that very lack of consistency and capricious behavior, as all his admirers point out, that makes our memories so zig zaggy. His position gained him more respect than his personal conduct. But he wasn't boring!Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317627113212677863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-58146013362757799202011-09-07T08:14:51.107-04:002011-09-07T08:14:51.107-04:00I can not afford another book. I have several olde...I can not afford another book. I have several older ones on satire and the cariacatures of Prinny. The prince Regent seemed to go out of his way to give employment to cartoonists. His debts were more than the yearly expenses of a small nation and his private life was a disgrace. He made a good scapegoat for all the problems like the war and bad harvests that no one could control. <br /><br />Maybe, making him the butt of so many jests, released enough tension to keep the country from revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-91780325079478512322011-09-07T08:03:22.832-04:002011-09-07T08:03:22.832-04:00From HJ
There's an excellent series by Lucy ...From HJ <br /><br />There's an excellent series by Lucy Worsley on his regency being aired in the UK at the moment, called Elegance and Decadence, The Age of the Regency. Watch it when you can! It gives a more rounded view of his charcter and achievments, as well as being honest about his shortcomings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-42959606231043045132011-09-07T07:47:10.529-04:002011-09-07T07:47:10.529-04:00Well, that business with Caroline was pretty scand...Well, that business with Caroline was pretty scandalous, even by royal standards. That didn't help.<br /><br />I've always felt a lot of his unpopularity came about because of the fact that he became Regent during his father's illnesses. From what I read, there seemed to be a lot of sympathy for George III, and a general feeling that his dissolute son was rather too eagerly taking advantage of the tragic situation to seize power. I don't know if this was a fair assessment or not, but that is what many people believed.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com