{"product_id":"9781836392637","title":"The Perils of Politeness : A Life of Lord Chesterfield - Richard Wendorf","description":"Statesman, wit, writer and arbiter of taste, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield was one of the most influential - and divisive - figures of Georgian Britain. As Lord Macaulay later observed, Chesterfield was `what no person in our time has been or can be, a great political leader and at the same time the acknowledged chief of the fashionable world'. This is the first full-scale biography of Chesterfield in nearly a century, drawing on previously unpublished material to reassess his political career, literary output and enduring fascination. Richard Wendorf offers a nuanced reading of Chesterfield's celebrated letters to his son and examines his embodiment of the virtues and perils of politeness, revealing a figure whose views on sex, marriage, women and hypocrisy continue to provoke lively debate.","brand":"Richard Wendorf","offers":[{"title":"368 pages, 26 illustrations, 13 in colour \/ 01\/11\/2026 \/ Biography: historical, political \u0026 military","offer_id":57509521719671,"sku":"9781836392637","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781836392637.jpg?v=1791108379","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781836392637","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}