![]() ![]() ![]() It portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour and duty. Plumb, twentieth century) and as the pompous monarch of the musical Hamilton (twenty-first century).Īndrew Roberts's magnificent new biography takes entirely the opposite view. Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of England's most disastrous kings' (J.H. George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (W.E.H. George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch Andrew Roberts € 51.99 If ordered before 12:00h, this title will be in our store within 24 hours.Īndrew Roberts, one of Britain's premier historians, overturns the received wisdom on George III ![]()
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