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A royal experiment : the private life of King George III / Janice Hadlow.

by Hadlow, Janice.

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Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.

Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.

9780805096569 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Private life of King George III

Strangest family.

xvii, 682 p. : col. ill., genealogical table ; 25 cm.

"Originally published as The strangest family in the U.K. in 2014 by William Collins"--T. p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 650-654) and index.

"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. 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. 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. But this was far from the only difference between him and his predecessors. Neither of the previous Georges was faithful to his wife, nor to his mistresses. Both hated their own sons. 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. Pained by his childhood amid this cruel and feuding family, George came to the throne aspiring to be a new kind of king--a force for moral good. And to be that new kind of king, he had to be a new kind of man. Against his irresistibly awful family background--of brutal royal intrigue, infidelity, and betrayal--George fervently pursued a radical domestic dream: he would have a faithful marriage and raise loving, educated, and resilient children."--From publisher.

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