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George III: America’s Last King
Jeremy Black
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Description for George III: America’s Last King
paperback. The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history. This biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
The first full new study of George III in thirty years
The sixty-year reign of George III (1760–1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years’ War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Union with Ireland in 1801. Despite the pathos of the last years of the mad, blind, and neglected monarch, it is a life full of importance and interest.
Jeremy Black’s biography deals comprehensively with ... Read more
The first full new study of George III in thirty years
The sixty-year reign of George III (1760–1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years’ War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Union with Ireland in 1801. Despite the pathos of the last years of the mad, blind, and neglected monarch, it is a life full of importance and interest.
Jeremy Black’s biography deals comprehensively with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Yale English Monarchs Series
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300136210
SKU
9780300136210
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About Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is professor of history at Exeter University. He is author of five previous books published by Yale University Press, including most recently The British Seaborne Empire.
Reviews for George III: America’s Last King
"'Jeremy Black's richly researched and thought provoking biography steers a judicious course between praise and criticism, examining George's life in the round, and, of special importance, placing him firmly in his wider British, European and American context.' BBC History Magazine 'This meticulous, impressively researched study concludes that George should be remembered not as a tyrant, but as a reasonably competent ... Read more