![]() And, overall, their children were angry, jealous, and disaffected schemers, whose palace shenanigans kick off Hadlow's juicy narrative and also made their lives unhappy ones. Neither of the previous Georges was faithful to his wife, nor to his mistresses. But this was far from the only difference between him and his predecessors. He was the first of Britain's three Hanoverian kings to be born in England, the first to identify as native of the nation he ruled. In the U.S., Britain's George III, the protagonist of A Royal Experiment, is known as the king from whom Americans won their independence and as "the mad king," but in Janice Hadlow's groundbreaking and entertaining new biography, he is another character altogether―compelling and relatable. The surprising, deliciously dramatic, and ultimately heartbreaking story of King George III's radical pursuit of happiness in his private life with Queen Charlotte and their 15 children Each story is a revelation." ―Jenny Uglow, The Guardian ![]() ![]() his heartbreaking narrative of family dysfunction and royal sacrifice is an absolute page-turner." ―Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire The New Statesman Book of the Year selection by Lucy Hughes-HallettīBC History Magazine Book of the Year selection by Helen Rappaport ![]()
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