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George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England but he was probably the most important. He was certainly the luckiest.
Born the youngest son of a landless German duke, he was taken by repeated strokes of good fortune to become, first the ruler of a major state in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and then the sovereign of three kingdoms (England, Ireland and Scotland).
Tim Blannings incisive short biography examines Georges life and career as a German prince, and as King. Fifty-four years old when he arrived in London in 1714, he was a battle-hardened veteran, who put his long experience and deep knowledge of international affairs to good use in promoting the interests of both Hanover and Great Britain. When he died, his legacy was order and prosperity at home and power and prestige abroad. Disagreeable he may have been to many, but he was also tough, determined and effective, at a time when other European...
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| Athelstan | Tom Holland |
| Aethelred the Unready | Richard Abels |
| Cnut | Ryan Lavelle |
| Edward the Confessor | James Campbell |
| William I | Marc Morris |
| William II | John Gillingham |
| Henry I | Edmund King |
| Stephen | Carl Watkins |
| Henry II | Richard Barber |
| Richard I | Thomas Asbridge |
| John | Nicholas Vincent |
| Henry III | Stephen Church |
| Edward I | Andy King |
| Edward II | Christopher Given-Wilson |
| Edward III | Jonathan Sumption |
| Richard II | Laura Ashe |
| Henry IV | Catherine Nall |
| Henry V | Anne Curry |
| Henry VI | James Ross |
| Edward IV | A. J. Pollard |
| Edward V | Thomas Penn |
| Richard III | Rosemary Horrox |
| Henry VII | Sean Cunningham |
| Henry VIII | John Guy |
| Edward VI | Stephen Alford |
| Mary I | John Edwards |
| Elizabeth I | Helen Castor |
| James I | Thomas Cogswell |
| Charles I | Mark Kishlansky |
| [Cromwell | David Horspool] |
| Charles II | Clare Jackson |
| James II | David Womersley |
| William III& Mary II | Jonathan Keates |
| Anne | Richard Hewlings |
| George I | Tim Blanning |
| George II | Norman Davies |
| George III | Amanda Foreman |
| George IV | Stella Tillyard |
| William IV | Roger Knight |
| Victoria | Jane Ridley |
| Edward VII | Richard Davenport-Hines |
| George V | David Cannadine |
| Edward VIII | Piers Brendon |
| George VI | Philip Ziegler |
| Elizabeth II | Douglas Hurd |
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First published 2017
Copyright Tim Blanning, 2017
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