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George III (Penguin Monarchs)

- Madness and Majesty
Af: Jeremy Black Engelsk Paperback

George III (Penguin Monarchs)

- Madness and Majesty
Af: Jeremy Black Engelsk Paperback
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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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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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9780141993423
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141993421
Kategori: Storbritannien
Udg. Dato: 7 dec 2023
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 110mm
Højde: 181mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 7 dec 2023
Forfatter(e): Jeremy Black
Forfatter(e) Jeremy Black

Kategori Storbritannien

ISBN-13 9780141993423

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 176

Udgave

Længde 10mm

Bredde 110mm

Højde 181mm

Udg. Dato 7 dec 2023

Oplagsdato 7 dec 2023

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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