King George III
Brooke, John1992
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...In common opinion King Georg III was the 'mad' King, the King who lost the American colonies. To Americans he is the King stigmatised in the Declaration of Independence as 'unfit to be the ruler of a free people'. ... Yet ther is another side to King George III. He was a great book collector, the founder of the Royal Academy, and a patron of art and science. He was a beloved and popular King, and his ideal of monarchy determined the pattern of the future. ... This book is based on a thorough study of the King's papers in the Royal Archives, and is written by one of the foremost historians of the eighteenth century. It is more than a political biography. It is an account of how royalty lived in the eighteenth century.
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London : Constable, 1985.
Collation:
xvii,411 p. ; geneal. tables, plates ; 23.5 cm.
Notes:
First published in Great Britain 1972 by Constable. Paperback edition published 1985 reprinted 1992.Bibliography of sources.Includes index.
ISBN:
0094662800
Dewey class:
920 GEO
Local class:
941.073
Language:
English
BRN:
1786114
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