The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307456366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Vulgar, selfish, and undisciplined, she fled from the husband she hated and became nearly as well known for her promiscuity as King George IV himself. . Viewed by the public as a wronged woman, she survived George's attempts to dissolve the marriage, but opinion turned against her and she died in 1821. "There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine."Those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, and those (few) who have ruled as sovereign in absence of a male heir." Queen Caroline, who briefly held title when King George IV was crowned in 1820 is numbered among the former
Amazon Customer said Excellent!. Excellent book. Highly recommend.. "what a tedious book! So much of it is excruciatingly detailed" according to B. Groene. Dear Lord, what a tedious book! So much of it is excruciatingly detailed that I finally got so bored I started skimming and looking for highlights. I love the books by Antonia Fraser, but as has already been said, this author does not compare to her gifted mother.. Flora's Biography of Historical Palace Intrigue: Delightful! NantucketPrimitive Flora Fraser: Scholar with a Sense of Fun.By: Sheila Coffin An Interview with Flora Fraser: The very British and rather brilliant author Flora Fraser, began her work on the best-selling, "The Unruly Queen," when her editor, Robert Gottlieb, suggested that she write about Queen Caroline. In case your history is foggy, Queen Caroline, born Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel in 1768, was the wife of George IV of England. Flora told me about it while she sat in front of the huge picture window overlooking the ocean. I had just finished telling her how my mother and
Their disastrous marriage, ridiculed by the satirists of the day, led to profound political consequences and the eventual trial of Queen Caroline for adultery. With careful research and an eye to the parallels in the modern era, acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser crafts in The Unruly Queen a riveting portrait of a woman who, despite her persecution, refused to be victimized.. When the Prince Regent (who would later become King George IV) separated privately from Princess Caroline in 1796, they had been together for less than a year. After her exile, Caroline traveled through Europe with her own court, w