George IV: The Rebel Who Would Be King [Paperback]

Christopher Hibbert (Author), Amanda Foreman (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403983798 | ISBN-13: 978-1403983794 | Publication Date: June 12, 2007 | Edition: 2nd

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.  

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Christopher Hibbert's George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen, my life of George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV's flamboyant and outrageous personality."--Flora Fraser

 

"This is one of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written."--The Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT, "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman), is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Disraeli  (Palgrave Macmillan), The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, The English: A Social History, and Cavaliers and Roundheads. He lives in Oxfordshire, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2nd edition (June 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403983798
• ISBN-13: 978-1403983794
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,405,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)