Author: Alice Drayton GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Lives of the Hanoverian Queens of England: Sophia Dorothea of Celle, wife of George I. Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II. II. Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Stretlitz, queen of George III. Amelia Elizabeth Caroline of Brunswick, queen of George IV. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV, 1792-1849
Author: Alice Drayton GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Strangest Family
Author: Janice HadlowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780007165209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well. During the early part of his reign it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony. 'The Strangest Family' is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians. Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.
Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover
Author: John DoranPublisher: London : R. Bentley
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A Royal Experiment
Author: Janice HadlowPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805096566
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
"Originally published as The strangest family in the U.K. in 2014 by William Collins"--Title page verso.
England Under the Hanoverians
Author: Sir Charles Grant RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
England Under the Hanoverians
Author: Sir Charles Grant RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
A History of England ...: England under the Hanoverians, by C. Grant Robinson. 6th ed., 1923
Author: ENGLAND UNDER THE HANOVERIANS
Author: C.GRANT ROBERTSON,C.M.G.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Hanoverians
Author: Jeremy BlackPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A detailed critique of the eighteenth-century German family and their reign on the British throne includes coverage of such topics as the language barrier that impacted George I's controversial rule, George III's loss of the American colonies and bouts with mental instability, and George IV's scandalous marriage and attempted divorce.
George II
Author: Andrew C. ThompsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300118929
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This landmark biography uncovers extensive new evidence in British and German archives, making possible the most complete and accurate assessment of this thirty-three-year reign. Andrew C. Thompson paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his private life. Born in Hanover in 1683, George Augustus first came to London in 1714 as the new Prince of Wales. He assumed the throne in 1727, held it until his death in 1760, and has the distinction of being Britain's last foreign-born king and the last king to lead an army in battle. With George's story at its heart, the book reconstructs his thoughts and actions through a careful reading of the letters and papers of those around him. Thompson explores the previously underappreciated roles George played in the political processes of Britain, especially in foreign policy, and also charts the intricacies of the king's complicated relationships and reassesses the lasting impact of his frequent return trips to Hanover. George II emerges from these pages as an independent and cosmopolitan figure of undeniable historical fascination.