Indiscretions of the Queen (Her The Georgian saga) [Hardcover]

Jean Plaidy (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd; 1st ed edition (October 5, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709111940
• ISBN-13: 978-0709111948
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,060,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Queen Caroline!, January 9, 2004

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Brittany "lady_jane_grey" (MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indiscretions of the Queen: (#8) (The Georgian Saga, Vol 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

Poor Queen Caroline! Her only crime was her generous eccentricity, not very fitting for a princess, and later a queen. She grew up in Brunswick with more freedom and love than usually received by one of her station. She had more than her share of scandals and practical jokes, but she still was offered the hand of the Prince of Wales. The marriage was ill fated, as she was the opposite of what George admired in women. He proceeded to humiliate her at every possible occasion, and only stayed with her long enough to get an heir. After his daughter, Charlotte, was born, he continued to make her life unlivable, perhaps encouraging her eccentric behavior. Her generous nature and tragic life won her the love of the people, causing more hatred from the Prince. He tried everything in his power to be rid of her, even trying to try her for adultery, and making his marriage dissolved. If you thought that was scandalous enough, wait until George became King, and Caroline demanded her rights!

This is the last book in the Georgian Saga that I read, making my collection complete! As with every book in this magnificent collection, it was very well written and enjoyable to read. I would recommend it to any fan of history, or reading in general.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Her Majesty's Own Worst Enemy, December 12, 1998

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Gloria E. Salavarria ([e-mail]) (Middlebury, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indiscretions of the Queen: (#8) (The Georgian Saga, Vol 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

The story of Caroline of Brunswick, the injured Queen of England, is a fascinating and worthwhile read. According to Jane Austen, "She was bad, but she would not have become as bad as she was if he (Britain's George IV) had not been infinitely worse."

Jean Plaidy, a good story-teller, does an admirable job of matching history as it was to the story she writes. Still, she gets a few things wrong but this is due more to lack of access to key historical documents than to sloppy research.

After reading Flora Fraser's more recent, scholarly biography, The Unruly Queen : The Life of Queen Caroline, I found Plaidy errs in identifying the little Italian girl, Vittoria, as the daughter of Pergami when she was his niece. She also errs in calling Pergami, "Baron Pergami," at the time he first meets Caroline. He doesn't become a Baron until after Caroline visits Malta and buys an estate and the title of Baron for him. Still, Jean Plaidy takes the clay of scholarly biography and moulds a living, breathing character for the reader.

Caroline of Brunswick was, at turns, warm-hearted and maternal, and defiant and unconventional. Rejected by her husband as unfit, unkempt and embarrassingly gauche, she became even more so as a means of getting back at him. In the end, she only harmed herself.

5.0 out of 5 stars O Caroline!, January 22, 2012

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Alex (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indiscretions of the Queen: (#8) (The Georgian Saga, Vol 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

So George, Prince of Wales, must marry. Given the choice of his father's niece or his mother's, he chooses his father's to spite his mother. He should have swallowed his pride and I bet he wished he did.

Caroline of Brunswick is not your typical princess. She's loud, boisterious, a bit obnoxious, obtuse, and purposefully does things to tick people off. It's not that she totally enjoys it, but because well...it's an awkwardness about her that almost compels her to do these things. It spells total disaster for her and George, but amusement for everyone, including me.

George and Caroline marry and it's a disaster from before they ever meet. She's far from his type and he's not even going to pretend to like her. They're together long enough to have a daughter and afte that they go their separate ways, much to the chagrin of his father, but the delight of the people who love a good gossip.

Caroline goes her own way, adopts a boy, causing massive scandal, leaves the country, to cause more with the wonderment of "Is she with her Italian man or not?" and all sorts of fun, gossipy things. George cannot stand her and launches multiple investigations to try and divorce her, but nothing ever works out, upsetting him and delighting Caroline.

This book is really good. It's pretty modern and totally relatable because of the way we hang on to the gossip from Hollywood. I didn't know much about Caroline of Brunswick and was so happy to read this. Neither of them are always so likeable, but them together makes a very good story, if not a marriage.