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The Strangest Family
The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians
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An intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.
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An intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.
George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well.
During the early part of his reign, it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony.
The Strangest Family is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians. Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780007165209
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: William Collins
Illustration: 25 b/w, 25 col plates (24pp), Index
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 45.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 510g
Pages: 704
About the Author
Janice Hadlow is Controller of BBC2 and BBC4. In her previous roles as joint Head of History at the BBC and Head of History at Channel 4, she was responsible for commissioning some of the most influential history series of our time from, among others, Simon Schama, David Starkey and Niall Ferguson. Most recently she has introduced to BBC2 a new generation of historians, including Mary Beard, Amanda Vickery, David Reynolds and Lucy Worsley. This is her first book. Janice Hadlow is Controller of BBC2 and BBC4. In her previous roles as joint Head of History at the BBC and Head of History at Channel 4, she was responsible for commissioning some of the most influential history series of our time from, among others, Simon Schama, David Starkey and Niall Ferguson. Most recently she has introduced to BBC2 a new generation of historians, including Mary Beard, Amanda Vickery, David Reynolds and Lucy Worsley. This is her first book.
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