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Author : William Wallace
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Reign of George IV. written by William Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250102790
Total Pages : 851 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book George IV written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written”—from the acclaimed author of The House of Medici (The Times Literary Supplement). Christopher Hibbert delivers a superbly detailed picture of the life and times of George IV including his exorbitant spending on his homes, his clothes, and his women; his patronage of the arts; his “illegal” marriage to Catholic Mrs. Fitzherbert, and lesser known facts such as his generous charity donations and his witty one-liners, including one he uttered when he met his bride-to-be (Caroline of Brunswick) for the first time: “Harris, I am not well, fetch me a brandy.” George IV was the son of George III (who went insane and inspired The Madness of King George) and was the founder of the prestigious King’s College in London. “A delight to read . . . an enormously enjoyable and skillful portrait.” —Philip Ziegler, The Spectator “Christopher Hibbert’s George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen, my life of George IV’s wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV’s flamboyant and outrageous personality.” —Flora Fraser, author of Flora Macdonald: “Pretty Young Rebel”
Author : E.A. Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300184239
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book George IV written by E.A. Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, gives a full and objective reassessment of the monarch’s character, reputation, and achievement. Previous writers have tended to accept the unfavorable verdicts of the king’s contemporaries that he was a dissolute, pleasure-loving dilettante and a feeble and ineffective ruler who was responsible for the decline of the power and reputation of the monarchy in the early nineteenth century. Now E.A. Smith offers a new view of George IV, one that does not minimize the king’s faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Smith explores the roots of the king’s character and personality, stressing the importance of his relationship with his parents and twelve surviving siblings. He examines the king’s important contributions to the cultural enhancement of his capital and his encouragement of the major artistic, literary, and scholarly figures of his time. He reassesses the king’s role as constitutional monarch, contending that it was he, rather than Victoria and Albert, who created the constitutional monarchy of nineteenth-century Britain and began the revival of its popularity. Smith’s biography not only illuminates the character of one of the most colorful of Britain’s rulers but also contributes to the history of the British monarchy and its role in the nation’s life.
Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1473897513
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Wives of George IV written by Catherine Curzon and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scandalous life of George IV is revealed in this account of his marriage to Princess Caroline and his secret union with a longtime mistress. In Georgian England, few men were more eligible than the Prince of Wales. The heir to George III’s throne would seem to be an excellent catch. Though the two women who married him might beg to differ. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble. When she married the prince in a secret ceremony, she opened the door on three decades of heartbreak. Cast aside by her husband one minute, pursued by him tirelessly the next, Maria’s clandestine marriage was anything but blissful. It was also the worst kept secret in England. Caroline of Brunswick was George’s official bride. Little did she know that her husband was marrying for money. When she arrived for the ceremony, she found him so drunk that he couldn’t even walk to the altar. Caroline might not have her husband’s love, but the public adored her. In a world where radicalism was stirring, it was a recipe for disaster. In The Wives of George IV, Maria and Caroline navigate the choppy waters of marriage to the capricious, womanizing king-in-waiting. With a queen on trial for adultery and the succession itself in the balance, Britain had never seen scandal like it.
Author : Saul David
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802137036
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Prince of Pleasure written by Saul David and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this title, a chronicle of the scandalous reign of England's George IV captures the sexual intrigue and financial improvidence that that helped define the Regency period and also notes this complex King's intelligence and advocacy of the arts.
Author : Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library
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Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882 written by Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue Of The Books Belonging To The Library Company Of Philadelphia; To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Institution, With The Charter Laws And Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leeds Public Libraries
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Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Contents of Section A-p written by Leeds Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library Company of Philadelphia
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Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: Jurisprudence written by Library Company of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Indianapolis Public Library
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Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Finding-list of Books in the Classes of Biography, History, and Travels Belonging to the Public Library of Indianapolis written by Indianapolis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library company of Philadelphia
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library company of Philadelphia written by Library company of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802159117
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Crown & Sceptre written by Tracy Borman and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the British monarchy that’s “a superb synthesis of historical analysis, politics, and top-notch royal gossip” (Kirkus Reviews). Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England’s various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain’s throne. “Shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue’s gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs,” as Tracy Borman describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the throne’s occupant been unambiguously English—whether Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day. Acknowledging the intrinsic fascination with British royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, more ceremonially reigned. It is a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the monarchy as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and opinions of its people, avoiding the storms of rebellion that brought many of Europe’s royals to an abrupt end. Richard II; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; George III; Victoria; Elizabeth II: their names evoke eras and the dramatic events Borman recounts. She is equally attuned to the fabric of monarchy: royal palaces; the way monarchs have been portrayed in art, on coins, in the media; the ceremony and pageantry surrounding the crown. Elizabeth II is already one of the longest reigning monarchs in history. Crown & Sceptre is a fitting tribute to her remarkable longevity and that of the magnificent institution she represents. “Crown & Sceptre brings us in short, vivid chapters from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth herself, much of it constituting a dark record of bumping off adversaries, rivals and spouses, confiscating vast estates and military invasions…. [A] lucid, character-rich book.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Borman’s deep understanding of English royalty shines.” —Chris Schluep, Amazon Editors’ Picks, The Best History Books of February 2022
Author : Cleveland Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1434 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Alphabetic Catalogue of the English Books in the Circulating Department of the Cleveland Public Library. Authors, Titles and Subjects written by Cleveland Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Princeton University. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Classified List written by Princeton University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Princeton University. Library
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Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Classed List written by Princeton University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mercantile Library Association of Brooklyn
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Total Pages : 418 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Brooklyn: A-C written by Mercantile Library Association of Brooklyn and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Detroit Public Library
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Total Pages : 1138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book General Catalogue of the Books written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
