S9 E01 - Peter James Bowman on Regency Celebrities

This week we’re talking to writer, translator and author of “The First Celebrities”, James Bowman who comes to rage that THE CULT OF CELEBRITY IS NOTHING NEW. We talk about Actors, poets and bon-vivants of Regency Britain, how they make their lives imitate their art and how they sometimes go too far. We might be banging on about Byron a bit here as well. You can buy a copy of James’s book The First Celebrities:Five Regency Portraits here  Support the show You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage. You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.