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George IV : the rebel who would be king / Christopher Hibbert.
LIBRA DA538.A1 H5 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008.
- Standardized Title:
- George IV: Prince of Wales
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- George.
- Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Princes--Great Britain--Biography.
- Princes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 851 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "First published in 2 volumes as George IV: Prince of Wales by Longmans 1972, and George IV: regent and king by Allen Lane 1973."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [788]-805) and index.
- Contains:
- Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008. George IV, regent and king. 1976.
- ISBN:
- 9781403983794
- 1403983798
- OCLC:
- 148732600
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