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  1. Oct 7, 2021 · The Times Book of the Year *Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2022* *Winner of the General Society of Colonial Wars' Distinguished Book Award, 2021* *Winner of the History Reclaimed Book of the Year, 2022* *Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, 2021* Andrew Roberts, one of Britain's premier historians, overturns the received wisdom on George III George III ...

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  2. Oct 7, 2021 · The Times Book of the Year*Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2022**Winner of the General Society of Colonial Wars' Distinguished Book Award, 2021**Winner of the History Reclaimed Book of the Year, 2022**Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, 2021*Andrew Roberts, one of Britain's premier historians, overturns the received wisdom on George IIIGeorge III, Britain's ...

    • Andrew Roberts
    • Penguin Books Limited, 2021
    • 0241413346, 9780241413340
  3. He is an assiduous enough writer to point out George III’s flaws and mistakes, but he also argues that his subject was, “Well-meaning, hard-working, decent, dutiful, moral, cultured and kind.”. As Roberts points out, George III was “the last British monarch to rule as well as reign.”. But the era and its king were not immune to change.

  4. Jan 11, 2022 · Roberts’s new book is The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III, a biography of the monarch who led England during the American Revolution and who has been made into something of a caricature by Americans, most recently by his portrayal in the musical Hamilton as a preening, stuck-up (but funny) king of England.

  5. Jan 21, 2022 · Title: George III: The Life and Reign of Britain’s Most Misunderstood Monarch Author: Andrew Roberts Genre: Biography and HIstory Publisher: Random House UK Pages: 656 He was the longest serving ...

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  6. Biography | Book Review. Neither mad nor bad. How we still get George III all wrong. By Jonathan Clark “The rival gardeners” (George III and Napoleon) ...

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  8. Jan 7, 2021 · Hamish Robinson, The Oldie. In this mammoth and meticulous biography, Andrew Roberts presents a compelling case for the defence of George III. Book of the Week, The Week. A deep, expansive study not only of George III but also of the political and social complexities of England and the United States during his reign.

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