"Youth Great Britain Conduct of life." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical" . . "Jackson, William 1791-1828." . . "Jeunesse Grande-Bretagne Morale pratique." . . "Criminels Grande-Bretagne Biographies." . . "Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century." . . "Criminals Great Britain Biography." . . . . "Penal transportation Australia." . . "HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain" . . "Bannissement Australie Histoire." . . "Great Britain" . . "Grande-Bretagne" . . "PROFLIGATE SON, OR, A TRUE STORY OF FAMILY CONFLICT, FASHIONABLE VICE, AND FINANCIAL RUIN IN REGENCY" . . . "In Regency England a profligate son was regarded as every parent's worst nightmare: he symbolized the dangerous temptations of a new consumer society and the failure of parents to instil moral, sexual, and financial self-control in their sons. This book tells the dramatic and moving story of one of those 'profligate sons': William Jackson, a charming teenage boy, whose embattled relationship with his father and frustrated attempts to keep up with his wealthy friends, resulted inpersonal and family tragedy. From popular public school boy to the pursuit of prostitutes, from duelling to debtors' ..." . . "The profligate son : or, a true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain" . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . "A historian pieces together the story of a philandering, Georgian fop, William Jackson, who used his father's money and position with the East India Company to party in brothels and con tradesmen before ending up in an Australian penal colony.--Résumé de l'éditeur." . . . . . . . . . . . . "The profligate son or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain"@en . . "A true Regency rake's progress, this is the highly dramatic and moving story of the embattled relationship between a wealthy East India Company Merchant and his son, whose descent into debt and a life of crime results in transportation to Australia." . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . "˜Theœ profligate son, or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in regency Britain" . . . . . . "History"@en . . . . . "A historian pieces together the story of a philandering, Georgian fop, William Jackson, who used his father's money and position with the East India Company to party in brothels and con tradesmen before ending up in an Australian penal colony." . . . . "Foppish, impulsive, and philandering: William Jackson was every Georgian parent's worst nightmare. Gentlemen were expected to be honorable and virtuous, but William was the opposite, much to the dismay of his father, a well-to-do representative of the East India Company in Madras. In The Profligate Son, historian Nicola Phillips meticulously reconstructs William's life from a recently discovered family archive, describing how his youthful misbehavior reduced his family to ruin. At first, William seemed destined for a life of great fortune, but before long, he was indulging regularl."@en . . "True story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain"@en . . "True story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain" . "The profligate son, or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in regency Britain"@en . "The Profligate Son" . . . . . . . . "The profligate son : or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain" . "In Regency England a profligate son was regarded as every parent's worst nightmare: he symbolized the dangerous temptations of a new consumer society and the failure of parents to instil moral, sexual, and financial self-control in their sons. This book tells the dramatic and moving story of one of those 'profligate sons': William Jackson, a charming teenage boy, whose embattled relationship with his father and frustrated attempts to keep up with his wealthy friends, resulted inpersonal and family tragedy. From popular public school boy to the pursuit of prostitutes, from duelling to debtors'"@en . . "The profligate son : or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in regency Britain"@en . "The profligate son : or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in regency Britain" . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services" . .