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High Society in the Regency Period
by Venetia Murray
from Penguin Books Ltd
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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Useful reference 
Ventetia Murray obviously does her research before writing! Her book is full of useful information for those folks who write Regency period fiction, presented in an entertaining and interesting style of writing that keeps the reader involved. Great for reference and just plain fun to read.
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this is the American title for "An Elegant Madness" which is an INaccurate Mess of bad research 
This book is actually the American titled version of Venetia Murray's book "An Elegant Madness" - and without benefit of any editing this seems to have have all the same shockingly sloppy errors as the English book. I find it difficult to believe that this was allowed past the editors pen at all. Muuray claims to have used first hand accounts for this book, but what results is a confusion of dates, people and periods which does not give an accurate picture of the extended Regency at all.
And what is... more info
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Entertaining but not always accurate!
A breezy look at Regency England, but if you are a stickler for accuracy, this book has some glaring errors. An example: (referring to the interesting situation at Devonshire House): "The Duke had three legitimate children by his wife and two by Lady Elizabeth, while the Duchess had a couple by Lord Grey."
Sorry, but this is not correct; the Duchess had one child by Lord Grey, Eliza Courtenay. Considering the author's access to the Chatsworth archives, one would imagine that this is the sort of error... more info
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A good slice of Regency Society
I would have given this book 5 stars, but: In ennumerating and explaining the times, it was not as good as EB White's "The Age of Scandal" Still, High Society is an engaging and thoroughly enjoyable guide to the mores and foibles of a most interesting age.
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