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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | George, King of Great Britain; George, King of Great Britain. |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
E A Smith |
| ISBN: | 0300076851 9780300076851 0300088027 9780300088021 |
| OCLC Number: | 40193566 |
| Description: | xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | A Prince and his Education -- The Pursuit of Pleasure -- A Palace for a Prince -- Maria Fitzherbert -- Hopes Disappointed -- Clouds of War -- Caroline -- A Political Prince -- The Royal Malady Again -- Changing Allegiances -- Brothers and Sisters -- Prince Regent -- A Glorious Victory -- Rebellious Daughter -- Seditious Subjects and Turbulent Wife -- Crowned without a Queen -- King of Three Dominions -- The King's Servants -- 'The Invisible' -- Constitutional Monarch -- The Royal Builder -- Patron and Collector -- The King in Seclusion -- George IV's Children. |
| Series Title: | Yale English monarchs. |
| Other Titles: | George the 4th George the Fourth |
| Responsibility: | E.A. Smith. |
Abstract:
This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts.
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Related Subjects:(9)
- George -- IV, -- King of Great Britain, -- 1762-1830.
- Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.
- Great Britain -- History -- George IV, 1820-1830.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Regency -- Great Britain.
- George, -- IV, -- King of Great Britain.
- Rois et souverains -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1820-1830 (Georges IV).
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1760-1820 (Georges III).
