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Roberts, Andrew, 1963-
Subjects
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Roberts, Andrew, 1963-
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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The
last
king
of
America
: the
misunderstood
reign
of
George
III
/ Andrew Roberts.
by
Roberts, Andrew, 1963-
Viking, 2021.
Call #:
941.073 G347r
Subjects
George
III
,
King
of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Great Britain -- History --
George
III
, 1760-1820.
Great Britain -- Colonies --
America
-- Administration.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780241413333
9781984879264 (hc)
Alternate title:
Misunderstood
reign
of
George
III
Edition:
1st United States edition
Description:
xiii, 758 p., 24 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color), maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The
last
king
of
America
,
George
III
, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating -- and will completely change the way readers and historians view his
reign
and legacy. Most Americans dismiss
George
III
as a buffoon -- a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff's preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted in the prejudiced and brilliantly persuasive opinions of eighteenth-century revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who needed to make the
king
appear evil in order to achieve their own political aims. After combing through hundreds of thousands of p. of never-before-published correspondence, award-winning historian Andrew Roberts has uncovered the truth:
George
III
was in fact a wise, humane, and even enlightened monarch who was beset by talented enemies, debilitating mental illness, incompetent ministers, and disastrous luck. In The
Last
King
of
America
, Roberts paints a deft and nuanced portrait of the much-maligned monarch and outlines his accomplishments, which have been almost universally forgotten. Two hundred and forty-five years after the end of
George
III
's American rule, it is time for Americans to look back on their
last
king
with greater understanding: to see him as he was and to come to terms with the
last
time they were ruled by a monarch"--Publisher.
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Biographies.
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