The Life And Times Of George Iii
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in British history have been as misunderstood, mythologised, and ultimately as tragic as George III — a king who ruled for sixty years yet lost an empire, and whose personal torment became as legendary as his reign. John Clarke's The Life and Times of George III presents a richly detailed portrait of the man behind the crown, chronicling his turbulent tenure from the optimism of his early rule through the catastrophic loss of the American colonies, the long wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and the heartbreaking descent into the mental illness that would define his final years. With an authoritative introduction by the distinguished historian Antonia Fraser, the narrative is firmly anchored in its vivid eighteenth-century context — an age of political upheaval, imperial ambition, and extraordinary cultural transformation. Clarke's prose is measured and illuminating, drawing on a broad canvas of social and political history to situate George III not merely as a monarch but as a symbol of an era in flux. The work illustrates the contradictions at the heart of his character: a deeply domestic and pious man thrust into an age of revolution, a ruler of genuine moral seriousness undone by forces both constitutional and biological. Steeped in the grand tradition of British royal biography, this volume asks a quietly haunting question — was George III a man destroyed by his times, or a man who shaped them beyond all reckoning?
Author: John Clarke
Format: Hardback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in British history have been as misunderstood, mythologised, and ultimately as tragic as George III — a king who ruled for sixty years yet lost an empire, and whose personal torment became as legendary as his reign. John Clarke's The Life and Times of George III presents a richly detailed portrait of the man behind the crown, chronicling his turbulent tenure from the optimism of his early rule through the catastrophic loss of the American colonies, the long wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and the heartbreaking descent into the mental illness that would define his final years. With an authoritative introduction by the distinguished historian Antonia Fraser, the narrative is firmly anchored in its vivid eighteenth-century context — an age of political upheaval, imperial ambition, and extraordinary cultural transformation. Clarke's prose is measured and illuminating, drawing on a broad canvas of social and political history to situate George III not merely as a monarch but as a symbol of an era in flux. The work illustrates the contradictions at the heart of his character: a deeply domestic and pious man thrust into an age of revolution, a ruler of genuine moral seriousness undone by forces both constitutional and biological. Steeped in the grand tradition of British royal biography, this volume asks a quietly haunting question — was George III a man destroyed by his times, or a man who shaped them beyond all reckoning?