Download or read book King George V as a Sportsman An Informal Study of the First Country Gentleman in Europe With Illustrations including Portraits written by James Wentworth Day and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reference Catalogue of Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prinny and His Pals written by Tom Ambrose and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first biography of George IV in 1831 to the last in 2001, Mad King George’s son has commonly been held up to ridicule as a weak, selfish, and incompetent spendthrift, barely tolerated by his ministers, loathed by most of his family, and dependent on the emotional support of grasping mistresses. However, acclaimed historian Tom Ambrose—author of Godfather of the Revolution: The Life of Phillipe Egalité, Duc D’Orléans—has uncovered new details on "Prinny" that suggests that, for all his faults, George IV just may have been the most humane and amusing of all British monarchs, notwithstanding his love of the high life. Central to the story is the vast array of friends that populate a remarkable reign as Prince Regent and King. If Prinny, as they knew him, was so grotesquely foolish, how did he amass such a fascinating (and loyal) group of friends? Could any other British ruler count among his friends the country’s most brilliant playwright (Richard Sheridan), or the wiliest statesman (Charles Fox), or the greatest political philosopher (Edmund Burke), not to mention perhaps the biggest loveable rogues’ gallery London ever saw? The truth was that Prinny’s occasional buffoonery and imposing girth made him the perfect target for political satirists and cartoonists—at their zenith during his reign—and his high qualities have been consistently overlooked. This warm, funny, and affectionate portrait displays George at his very best: delighting some of the finest minds of his generation, easily winning over his subjects and his family as well as treating his lovers with care and concern—and roistering with all his pals.
Download or read book George IV written by Hannibal Evans Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George IV written by E.A. Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, gives a full and objective reassessment of the monarch’s character, reputation, and achievement. Previous writers have tended to accept the unfavorable verdicts of the king’s contemporaries that he was a dissolute, pleasure-loving dilettante and a feeble and ineffective ruler who was responsible for the decline of the power and reputation of the monarchy in the early nineteenth century. Now E.A. Smith offers a new view of George IV, one that does not minimize the king’s faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Smith explores the roots of the king’s character and personality, stressing the importance of his relationship with his parents and twelve surviving siblings. He examines the king’s important contributions to the cultural enhancement of his capital and his encouragement of the major artistic, literary, and scholarly figures of his time. He reassesses the king’s role as constitutional monarch, contending that it was he, rather than Victoria and Albert, who created the constitutional monarchy of nineteenth-century Britain and began the revival of its popularity. Smith’s biography not only illuminates the character of one of the most colorful of Britain’s rulers but also contributes to the history of the British monarchy and its role in the nation’s life.
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Download or read book The Life of George the Fourth Including His Letters and Opinions written by Percy Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An historical Account of the life and reign of King George the Fourth etc written by George IV (King of Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life of George IV King of England written by John Banvard and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Gentleman Being the Story of the Regent Afterwards George IV Etc With Portraits written by Grace E. THOMPSON and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An historical account of the public domestic life reign of George the Fourth etc written by George IV (King of Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George IV written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hibbert delivers a superbly detailed picture of the life and times of George IV including his exorbitant spending on his homes, his clothes, and his women; his patronage of the arts; his 'illegal' marriage to Catholic Mrs Fitzherbert, and lesser known facts such as his generous charity donations andhis witty one-liners, including one he uttered when he met his bride-to-be (Caroline of Brunswick) for the first time: 'Harris, I am not well, fetch me a brandy.' George IV was the son of George III (whowent insane and inspired 'The Madness of King George') and was the founder of the prestigiousKing's College in London.
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Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
