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Author Phillips, Nicola (Nicola Jane)

Title The profligate son : or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain / Nicola Phillips.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]
©2013

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  941.073 PHI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B JACKSON    Check Shelf
Description xix, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.
Contents Introduction: the profligate heir -- The sins of the father -- An improper education -- Lessons in love and life in London -- An officer and a gentleman -- Boarding the fleet -- To the brink of destruction -- A mansion of misery -- Cheltenham and Gloucester unmasked -- Retribution -- A contagious distemper -- Of gentlemen and convicts -- Ruined suitors.
Subject Jackson, William, 1791-1828.
Youth -- Great Britain -- Conduct of life.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Criminals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Penal transportation -- Australia.
Added Title True story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain
ISBN 9780465008926 hardcover alkaline paper
0465008925 hardcover alkaline paper
9780465037742 (e-book)
0465037747 (e-book)
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