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Uproar!
- Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London
- Narrated by: Alice Loxton
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
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** 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. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, UPROAR! follows 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.
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- Ofer
- 21-05-24
Story has potential but narration was too distracting
I am struggling to stay focused on the story and information unfortunately because the narration is so distracting. I want to listen on but the tone and style of readying reminds me of reading to children but without following the punctuation. I might try to persevere but disappointed.
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- Thomas
- 15-04-23
Great for the lover of History
The Good:
The book is excellent, full of interesting characters from history and a great deal of information about their lives and the general mood of London at the time.
Clearly well researched and written with passion.
The Bad;
I really like Alice Loxton, her videos on History hit are brilliantly put together and well presented, so I found myself disappointed by her narration of her own book.
Very monotone, almost A.I.
Often surprising herself when her resister changes and awkward pauses followed by the overused “Too” after a sentence.
The narration does improve as the book goes on, but the first few chapters sound like she’s reading the Tube line information at King’s Cross.
My recommendation - Buy the book and read it yourself.
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- Roland Butter
- 05-03-24
A potentially fascinating story ruined - avoid
A cliche ridden history written by a precocious sixth former for primary school children. The author kills it further with her earnest but pedestrian narration. There is a good book here, this isn’t it. Jenny Uglow’s biography of Hogarth is much, much better.
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- Miss A Swinsco
- 29-07-24
Fascinating and human
It may sound like a bit of a boring subject, but it’s fascinating, humorous and very human. The author’s enthusiasm for the subject shines through the narrative
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- Mr D L Parker
- 04-08-23
A story worth telling
It was with great joy when I heard that Alice had finally produced a book. It was a great to hear Alice side of history. I am sure the book owners have fabulous illustrations to go along with their book. However we had the fabulous Alice reading the story instead
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-09-24
Very enjoyable
Understanding the parallels and evolution of satire and propaganda is more important than ever in this day and age. This book made me think so much about that. More of this please!
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- H J Bonner
- 28-05-24
A fascinating story
I really enjoyed listening to this book. The characters and the story paint a vivid picture of the time in history.
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- john marriage
- 27-09-23
Great story ruined by amateur narrating
Not sure if it is cost or ego but authors please get the professional’s in to narrate your work.
How this audiobook managed to be released without someone having the courage to block the author from performing an excellent story.
Downloaded the book onto my kindle so she has been payed twice though.
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- iBen
- 20-02-24
Satirical Satire
It’s not Spitting Image, more a mundane history of Satire, Punch without the cartoons.
Not for me.
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