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Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 656
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History of the Reigns of George IV. and William IV., being a continuation of Hume, Smollett and Miller's History of England to the present time, etc. [With plates.]
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Author: Thomas WrightGeorge IV
Author: Christopher HibbertPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250102790
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
“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”
When William IV was King
Author: John AshtonPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Art and Identity in Scotland
Author: Viccy ColtmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108284876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
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This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways. Weaving together previously unpublished archival materials, visual and material culture, dress and textile history, Viccy Coltman re-evaluates the standard clichés and essentialist interpretations which still inhibit Scottish cultural history during this period of British and imperial expansion. The book incorporates familiar landmarks in Scottish history, such as the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in August 1822, with microhistories of individuals, including George Steuart, a London-based architect, and the East India Company servant, Claud Alexander. It thus highlights recurrent themes within a range of historical disciplines, and by confronting the broader questions of Scotland's relations with the rest of the British state it makes a necessary contribution to contemporary concerns.
George III's Children
Author: John KistePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750953829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
On 12 August 1762, Queen Charlotte gave birth to her first child. Twenty-one years later, to the week, the 15th and youngest was born. All but two children survived to maturity. The eldest of King George III's children, who became Prince Regent and King George IV, is less remembered for his patronage of the arts than for his extravagance, and maltreatment of his wife Caroline. As Commander-in-Chief to the British army, the administrative qualities of Frederick, Duke of York are largely forgotten, while King William IV, usually dismissed as a figure of fun, brought a new affability to the monarchy which helped him through the storms engendered during the passage of the Great Reform Bill in 1832. The princesses, for many years victims of their parents' possessiveness, married late in life, if at all, and are passed off as non-entities. This objective portrayal of the royal family draws upon contemporary sources to lay to rest the gossip and exaggeration.
Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne
Author: John AshtonPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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George IV
Author: Jonathan MarsdenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909741607
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Published to accompany a major exhibition at The Queen's Galleries in London and Edinburgh, this book provides new insights into George IV as a collector. Although George led a life bounded by convention, he was a genuine connoisseur who was able to form an unrivalled collection of paintings, porcelain and furniture. These he presented and displayed in a series of architecturally adventurous spaces. His acquisitions continue to form the backdrop to royal ceremony, a legacy that is one of the principal pillars of today's magnificent Royal Collection.
Sailor King
Author: Tom PocockPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909609655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Of all the British monarchs who have claimed that they have ruled the seas, only one, King William IV, has been a truly professional seafarer. Known as the "Sailor King" in his own lifetime, he saw himself as a naval officer who happened to become the sovereign rather than a monarch who had been a naval officer. His life presents an appealing, if sometimes shocking character. His life in the Royal Navy was fraught with crisis: rivalries, doomed love affairs, extravagance and rebelliousness. Often he seems a Hogarthian character, or a nautical version of the Regency rake. Yet, while many mocked or despised him, there were those who loved him. And, when he came to the throne and was all but swept away by the tide of the Age of Reform, he faced it with resolution and survived with honour. He had overcome the pressures and contradictions of a royal upbringing, to end his days a king who was not only loved but admired for setting an unstable monarchy on an even keel for the long reign of his niece Victoria which followed his.
A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV
Author: Charles GrevillePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368826689
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
British history, chronologically arranged, comprehending a classified analysis of events ... in Church and State, from the first invasion by the Romans to the accession of Queen Victoria
Author: John WADE (Vice-President of the Historical Section of the Institut d'Afrique" of Paris.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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