George III: Madness and Majesty (Penguin Monarchs)

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Typ okładki:miękka okładka

EAN: 9780141993423

Opis

King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now best known for two reasons: as a villainous tyrant for America's Founding Fathers, and for his madness, both of which have been portrayed on stage and screen.

In this concise and penetrating biography, Jeremy Black turns away from the image-making and back to the archives, and instead locates George's life within his age: as a king who faced the loss of key colonies, rebellion in Ireland, insurrection in London, constitutional crisis in Britain and an existential threat from Revolutionary France as part of modern Britain's longest period of war.

Black shows how George III rose to these challenges with fortitude and helped settle parliamentary monarchy as an effective governmental system, eventually becoming the most popular monarch for well over a century. He also shows us a talented and curious individual, committed to music, art, architecture and science, who took the duties of monarchy seriously, from reviewing death penalties to trying to control his often wayward children even as his own mental health failed, and became Britain's longest reigning king.

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Szczegóły

Liczba stron: 176

Wymiary: 11.0x18.1

Typ okładki:miękka okładka

Wydawca: Penguin Books Ltd

Autor:

Jeremy Black

Seria: Penguin Monarchs

Tytuł:George III: Madness and Majesty (Penguin Monarchs)

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Książki obcojęzyczne / angielskie / Biography & True Stories

EAN: 9780141993423