George III : America's last king /

The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years' War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and bat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Black, Jeremy, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2006]
Colección:Yale English monarchs.
Temas:
George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820.
Georges > III > (roi de Grande-Bretagne ; > 1738-1820) > Biographies.
Georg (Großbritannien, König, III.)
1760-1820
Monarchy > Great Britain > History.
Monarchie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Kings and rulers.
Monarchy.
Politics and government.
Politik
Rois et souverains > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1820.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1760-1820.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Grande-Bretagne > 1760-1820 (Georges III)
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A prince and his education
  • Eighteenth-century monarchy
  • First years as king, 1760-3
  • Ministerial instability, 1763-70
  • George and Lord North, 1770-4
  • Character and behavior
  • Family
  • Culture
  • Religion and morality
  • War with America
  • Repeated crises, 1780-4
  • George and William Pitt the Younger, 1784-90
  • The revolutionary crisis, 1790-3
  • Elector of Hanover
  • The quest for empire
  • War with France, 1793-1801
  • Last years, 1801-20
  • Reputation and comparisons
  • George III and the making of the modern British monarchy.

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