A Royal Experiment: Love and Duty, Madness and Betrayalthe Private Lives of King George III and Queen Charlotte, by Janice Hadlow
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The stunning debut of an important new history writer
In this magnificent biography of a marriage-between Great Britain's King George III and Queen Charlotte-Janice Hadlow exposes with astonishing emotional force King George's attempt to achieve what none of his forebears had accomplished: a happy family life.
To Americans, King George III has long been doubly famous-as the "tyrant" from whom colonial revolutionaries wrested their nation's liberty and, owing to his late-life illness, as "the mad king." In A Royal Experiment, he is also a man with a poignant agenda, determined to be a new kind of king, one whose power will be rooted in the affection and approval of his people, and a new kind of man, a faithful husband capable of companionship and domestic harmony.
For a long time, it seems as if, against the odds, George's great experiment might succeed. Queen Charlotte shares his sense of moral purpose, and together they do everything they can to raise their tribe of thirteen sons and daughters in a climate of loving attention.
But in a rapidly more populous and prosperous England, through years of revolution in America and in France, the struggle to achieve a new balance between politics and privacy places increasing stress on George and Charlotte. The story that roils across the long arc of George's life and reign is high drama-tragic and riveting.
A Royal Experiment: Love and Duty, Madness and Betrayalthe Private Lives of King George III and Queen Charlotte, by Janice Hadlow - Amazon Sales Rank: #933796 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-10
- Released on: 2015-11-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.30" h x 1.25" w x 6.09" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 704 pages
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful. Superb biography of a family. By Jill Meyer Generally, historical biographies can be written in two ways. The first is a look at the subject's public life, with a bit of the private. The second is a look at the private life, with a bit about the public life. Historian Janice Hadlow has written a superb biography of England's King George III, looking mostly at his private life as a son, husband, and father of 15 children.George was the third Hanoverian king of Great Britain. His great-grandfather and grandfather - both named George - ruled before him. His father, Frederick, died before he could take the throne on his father's - George II - death. George III became king at age 22 and ruled for roughly 60 years, though the last 9 years of his life, Britain was ruled by his son, George IV, as a regent for his sick father.George was raised in what might be called today a "toxic" environment. His great-grandfather loathed his son and heir, that man loathed HIS son and heir, and George was not highly thought of by his father, Frederick. That same pattern extended itself to George's relationship with his own first son. But George seemed to recognise the familial strain handed down to him and he resolved to have a happy marriage and home life. He married, soon after becoming king, a minor German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. They proceeded to have 15 children - all but two reached adulthood - and George and Charlotte were keen to set up a "happy house" in which to raise these children. That is what Janice Hadlow refers to as "A Royal Experiment". However, did "fate" or "genes" or indifferent parenting produce 13 children who lived variously unhappy and unfulfilled lives? His seven living sons produced no legitimate heirs before George's death, though most had illegitimate off-spring. His daughters either married late or remained unmarried, pressed into duty as companions to their parents. All were well-educated for the time, at their parents' express desires - but none seemed to live the happy lives their parents had envisioned for them.Hadlow also looks at the long marriage of George and Charlotte. George's own paternal ancestors had had bad marriages, and George wanted to break the pattern. His choice of Charlotte, as smart as she was prolific, began happily as Charlotte adapted her personality and interests to George's. It ended in sadness, as many long-term marriages do.Janice Hadlow has written a lively, readable book filled with strange, unfulfilled, and in some cases, tragic figures. One of the pictures in the book is a drawing of the old George III before his death. He is terribly gaunt and wild-eyed and looks as insane as he was reputed to be. It's a picture of an old, old man, who suffered in life and is moving to his death. It sums up George's life.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Janice Hadlow, a first time author, has produced a long book about the long reign of George III and his dysfunctional family By C. M Mills King of Great Britain George III (1738-1820 reigned for fifty-nine long years from 1760 until his death in 1820. Unlike his two German born predecessors George I and George II he was born in London rather than a German principality. He became king because his father Frederick the Prince of Wales died young. George III was a kind man but exercised dictatorial control over his large family of thirteen living children. His wife Charlotte was German born. She was an intellectual and the couple enjoyed such pursuits as botany, music and long walks in the country. George III was king during the American Revolution. When the Americans won the long and costly war he became unpopular in England. George was conservative and would have enjoyed life as a country squire where he could have spent his time riding to the hounds, gardening, reading and relishing in the love of his large family.He became temporarily insane in 1788-89 and was permanently confined for this malady in 1811. His Son George IV became king in 1820 after serving as Regent from 1811-20. The book is very detailed as Hadlow explores in depth the lives of the Hanover family. We learn in the first one hundred fifty pages about the Hanover dynasty which began with George I and would end with the death of William in 1837. William was the hard drinking sailor son of George III. Queen Victoria would put into practice the strong family and religious values which George and Charlotte sought to inculcate in their horde of children. Those children grew into troubled adults who had issues with marital fidelity, spinsterhood and heavy drinking and gambling. George III had many faults and went mad but was a good man who had a very difficult role to play in the age of the American and French Revolutions and the challenge posed to Great Britain by Napoleonic France. Janice Hadlow works at the BBC where she works on historical projects. She has written a wonderful book based on extensive study of the letters, diaries and events of Georgian England. Readers should be aware that this book focuses on the family and their education, trials and travails and is not a political military history of the era. Recommended!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Thoroughly researched, well organized, accessibly written, and unrelentingly interesting By Jaylia You'd never know it from the way things turned out, but decades before his granddaughter Victoria was born George III had hoped to break the Hanover cycle of rampant family dysfunction to live a private life filled with affection, harmony, and virtue that would be a model for his people and prove British royalty worthy of the great tasks assigned to it by Providence. George III's dream of a loving and prudent family fell apart long before madness claimed his mind, and ending up with a profligate heir like Regency Prince turned King George IV is just part of the story.While the focus is on George III, A Royal Experiment begins with the first Hanover king, George I, who was imported from Germany to keep the British royalty Protestant and who was unimaginably cruel to both his wife and his son George II, and the book ends with Queen Victoria, who in some ways was able to bring her grandfather's moral vision to life. In addition to covering the personal lives of several generations of the royal family, the book is filled with thought-provoking information about and reflections on the culture and attitudes of the time, including the differentiated roles of the sexes (not a good time to be an intelligent independent woman) and the changing views of marriage (love or practical alliance? equal partnership or male ruled household?), family life, childhood (coddled or challenged?), madness, religion, childbirth practices (female midwives or medically trained male doctors?), and the duties and/or rights of royalty.As an American it was fascinating to read about the various ways the American Revolution looked to and affected George III, British politicians, the general population of Britain, and the French. Without being overly sensational, A Royal Experiment fully engaged my emotions as well as my mind--it was horrifying to witness George III's descent into madness and heartbreaking to read about the early death of George IV's daughter Princess Charlotte, a high-spirited young woman who self-identified with Marianne of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Thoroughly researched, well organized, accessibly written, and unrelentingly interesting.
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