George III: A Life in Caricature - Hardcover

Lord Kenneth Baker Of Dorking

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500251401 ISBN 13: 9780500251409

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

George III enjoyed one of the longest reigns (1760–1820) in English history, but his reputation fluctuated throughout the sixty years, and its ups and downs were charted with unprecedented candour and wit by some of the great caricaturists. Here, Kenneth Baker draws on his own extensive experience of high politics as well as his personal collection of caricatures to give us a fascinating vision of how the English saw their king. Many of these amusing, often irreverent images have not been published before and they provide a new dimension to the story of one of the nation’s most well known but least understood monarchs.

Table of Contents

Introduction · 1. No Petticoat Government, No Scotch Minister · 2. The Rake on the Make · 3. The Blind Trumpeter, 1770–1782 · 4. You Cannot Conquer America · 5. Kill the Fox · 6. The Bottomless Pitt · 7. The Madness · 8. ‘George Split Farthing’ · 9. Murderous Attacks · 10. The Patron · 11. France and Revolution · 12. The Builder of Genius · 13. God Save the King · 14. The Father Figure · 15. After Pitt · 16. The Final Years

About this title

Review:

'A wonderful gathering of images from the bestial to the downright brutal, which shows 18th-century cartooning its savage best'
-- The Independent

'Baker disentangles the cartoons' intricacies while skillfully illuminating George and his age'
-- Daily Mail

'Colourful, irreverent, frequently scatological... a handsome alternative to a conventional biography'
-- The Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Kenneth Baker entered the House of Commons in 1968, and in his distinguished political career served as Environment Secretary, Education Secretary and Home Secretary. He now sits in the House of Lords.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0500251401
• ISBN 13: 9780500251409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224