Blood Royal
Overview
The four Hanoverian King Georges may have become fixed in history as faintly absurd certainly unattractive figures but in this colourful account of their lives and times families and courts Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson restores a sprinkling of credit where it has been due. His account does not neglect the marital discords of George I the towering paternal disdain of George II or the tragically misunderstood madness of George III. But the reader is also encouraged to consider how the Hanoverian monarchs reacted to the climate of art and fashion in their times from George IIs espousal of Handel to George IVs patronage of Beau Brummell. By its own admission not a comprehensive history Blood Royal is nevertheless an elegant and shining string of linked vignettes and short studies.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780571288892
- ISBN-10: 0571288898
- Publisher: Faber Finds
- Publish Date: February 2012
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.54 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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