George III

by Christopher Wright

King George III, who reigned in Britain from 1760 to 1820, is perhaps best remembered today for being the monarch who lost the American Colonies and for his own uncertain sanity. Attacked by his political opponents as a "tyrant," opposition politicians at the time and Whig historians subsequently portrayed him as seeking to undermine the British constitution by enlarging the power of the Crown. Over the last decades, however, historians have looked...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071234893X
• ISBN13: 9780712348935
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: British Library
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 6.2"