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Overview"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 and his 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 (who went insane and inspired ""The Madness of King George"") and was the founder of the prestigious King's College in London." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Hibbert , Amanda ForemanPublisher: Palgrave USA Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781403983794ISBN 10: 1403983798 Pages: 851 Publication Date: 12 June 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsChristopher Hibbert's George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen, my life of George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV's flamboyant and outrageous personality. --Flora Fraser This is one of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written. -- The Times Literary Supplement Christopher Hibbert's George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen , my life of George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV's flamboyant and outrageous personality. --Flora Fraser This is one of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written. -- The Times Literary Supplement Author Information"CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT, ""a pearl of biographers"" (""New Statesman), "" is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of ""Disraeli "" (Palgrave Macmillan), ""The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, "" ""The English: A Social History, ""and ""Cavaliers and Roundheads."" He lives in Oxfordshire, England." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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