Coverpage -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Royal Character in the Public Imagination -- 1 Chronicles of Florizel and Perdita -- 2 Wandering Royals -- 3 The Novel, the Regency, and the Domestication of Royalty -- 4 Body Doubles in the New Monarchy -- Conclusion: The Late Queen and the Progress of Royalty -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Royal Romances explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press.  Samuelian finds that popular response to the royal family has reflected the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty, and in their license to understand and interpret it through representation.

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