Who was the most glorious Georgian? with Lucy Worsley
Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
Historic Royal Palaces
4.7 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2019
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The Georgian era was marked by the arrival of the Hanoverian Kings.
This series complied from our archive explores famous Georgians in all their glory.
In this talk, join Historic Royal Palaces' Chief Curator Lucy Worsley and a team of experts as they put their case forward for who was the most glorious Georgian.
This panel was recorded live at Hampton Court Palace in 2014
For more information on the history and stories of our palaces visit www.hrp.org.uk/history-and-stories
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to our podcast that explores the history and stories of our six palaces. |
| 0:12.0 | These talks are a collection of some of our best live events. |
| 0:16.0 | I really hope you enjoy listening. |
| 0:19.0 | The Georgian era was marked by the arrival of the Hanoverian kings. |
| 0:24.6 | This series, compiled from our archive, explores famous Georgians in all their glory. |
| 0:31.6 | In this talk, join Historic Royal Palace's chief curator Lucy Worsley and a team of experts as they put their case forward |
| 0:39.1 | for who was the most glorious Georgia. |
| 0:43.5 | Let me introduce our panel in the order in which they'll appear. First, Dr. Lucy Worsley, |
| 0:50.8 | on my right, extreme rights. Lucy has a degree in history from Oxford and a doctorate in architectural history. |
| 0:58.0 | She's joint chief curator of historic royal palaces and leads a team of curators |
| 1:01.7 | responsible for the six palaces in our care. |
| 1:06.5 | She was formerly an inspector of historic buildings for English heritage and has published |
| 1:10.9 | guidebooks and articles on a range of English country houses. |
| 1:15.0 | She's written four books on topics including 17th century architecture, the Georgian court, |
| 1:21.3 | a history of the British home, and the history of murder. |
| 1:26.2 | Lucy's a fellow of the Royal Historical Society |
| 1:28.2 | and a frequent lecturer in England and abroad. |
| 1:31.0 | She appears regularly, as I'm sure you all know, |
| 1:33.1 | on the BBC presenting programmes |
| 1:34.5 | about historical figures, royal palaces, |
| 1:37.0 | and courtly life from the 16th to the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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