{"product_id":"uproar-1","title":"Uproar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalized it, by one of the UK''s most exciting young historians**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Alice Loxton is the star of her generation ... the next big thing in history'' DAN SNOW, author, \u003ci\u003eListening to Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Vivid, pacey and endlessly engaging, this brilliant debut brings the late Georgian period dazzlingly to life. Irresistible stuff'' TRACY BORMAN, author, Crown \u0026amp; Sceptre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, \u003ci\u003eUPROAR! \u003c\/i\u003efollows the satirists as they lampoon those in power, from the Prince Regent to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Their prints and illustrations deconstruct the political and social landscape with surreal and razor-sharp wit, as the three men vie with each other to create the most iconic images of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alice Loxton''s writing fizzes with energy on every page, and never fails to convince us that Gillray and his gang profoundly altered British humor, setting the stage for everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpitting Image\u003c\/i\u003e today. This is a book that will cause readers to reappraise everything they think they know about genteel Georgian London, and see it for what it was - a time of \u003ci\u003eUPROAR!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394698682750,"sku":"NW9781785789557","price":10.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781785789557.jpg?v=1778677046","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/uproar-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}