Description: Alfred A. Knopf(Non-Fiction, History) George the Third by Stanley Ayling Shop Villagelder's Books-N-Games From the dust jacketThis book intertwines the threads of George's life, in public and in private, from childhood on ... his over-mothered upbringing and his starry-eyed attachment to his tutor and favorite, Lord Bute, which landed him on the throne in 1760 "bigoted, young and chaste," as the great Walpole tartly remarked ... his gradual learning of the art of kingship through all the constitutional struggles of his reign and the (fascinating) unbridled political in-fighting that accompanied them .. his complex relations with his ministers and the policies that led to the war with the American colonies ... his unflinching refusal to make advantageous political and personal compromises that might undermine the CHurch of England ...
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Book Title: George the Third
Topic: Royalty
Format: Hardcover
Features: Dust Jacket
Author: Stanley Ayling
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: History