George The Third
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in British history have been so misunderstood, so caricatured, and so consequential as the man who presided over an empire stretched from the American colonies to the Indian subcontinent — and Stanley Ayling's George the Third sets the historical record straight with authoritative precision. This landmark biography chronicles the life and reign of King George III, from his earnest and morally scrupulous ascension to the throne in 1760 through the turbulent decades that would see the loss of the American colonies, the long shadow of the Napoleonic Wars, and the tragic deterioration of his mental health in his final years. Ayling argues with compelling clarity that George III was not the tyrannical buffoon of American Revolutionary mythology, but a conscientious, deeply principled, and often politically astute ruler whose private virtues were frequently overwhelmed by the complexities of an age in violent transition. Drawing on meticulous research, Ayling's prose is measured, elegant, and deeply humanising, illuminating the tension between the man and the monarch with rare psychological sensitivity. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, George the Third remains an indispensable portrait of a king whose legacy continues to divide historians — and whose story raises profound questions about the nature of power, duty, and the cost of an unchanging mind in a rapidly changing world.
Author: Stanley Ayling
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in British history have been so misunderstood, so caricatured, and so consequential as the man who presided over an empire stretched from the American colonies to the Indian subcontinent — and Stanley Ayling's George the Third sets the historical record straight with authoritative precision. This landmark biography chronicles the life and reign of King George III, from his earnest and morally scrupulous ascension to the throne in 1760 through the turbulent decades that would see the loss of the American colonies, the long shadow of the Napoleonic Wars, and the tragic deterioration of his mental health in his final years. Ayling argues with compelling clarity that George III was not the tyrannical buffoon of American Revolutionary mythology, but a conscientious, deeply principled, and often politically astute ruler whose private virtues were frequently overwhelmed by the complexities of an age in violent transition. Drawing on meticulous research, Ayling's prose is measured, elegant, and deeply humanising, illuminating the tension between the man and the monarch with rare psychological sensitivity. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, George the Third remains an indispensable portrait of a king whose legacy continues to divide historians — and whose story raises profound questions about the nature of power, duty, and the cost of an unchanging mind in a rapidly changing world.