BLOOD ROYAL The Illustrious House of Hanover

Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson

Published by Book Club Associates, London, 1979

About this Item

This fine unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The four Hanoverian King Georges may have become fixed in history as 'faintly absurd, certainly unattractive, figures' but in this colourful account of their lives and times, families and courts, Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson restores a sprinkling of credit where it has been due. His account does not neglect the marital discords of George I, the towering paternal disdain of George II or the tragically misunderstood 'madness' of George III. But the reader is also encouraged to consider how the Hanoverian monarchs reacted to the climate of art and fashion in their times, from George II's espousal of Handel to George IV's patronage of Beau Brummell. By its own admission not a comprehensive history, Blood Royal is nevertheless an elegant and shining string of linked vignettes and short studies. Ref FF3.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLOOD ROYAL The Illustrious House of Hanover
• Publisher: Book Club Associates, London
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine