George I

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George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England but he was probably the most important. He was certainly the luckiest. Born the youngest son of a landless German duke, he was taken by repeated strokes of good fortune to become, first the ruler of a major state in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and then the sovereign of three kingdoms (England, Ireland and Scotland). Tim Blanning’s incisive short biography examines George’s life and career as a German prince, and as King.

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‘One stroke of good fortune after another had taken him to be … the sovereign of three kingdoms and thus ruler of what was rapidly becoming the most prosperous and powerful empire in the world’

George I was probably the most important of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England. He was certainly the luckiest, rising from the son of a landless German duke to rule an empire. Tim Blanning’s incisive biography reveals George as a tough, effective and determined monarch, at a time when other European thrones had started to crumble.

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Weight 0.089 kg
Dimensions 18.1 × 11.1 × 0.8 cm
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Paperback
Pages

115 , 8 unnumbered of plates
Language

English
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Dewey

941.071092 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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