King''s Wife - George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert

Informationen zum Autor Valerie Irvine worked in publishing and advertising before teaching English in Cambridge. Moving to Brighton, she became interested in the life of a famous local inhabitant, Mrs Fitzherbert. Klappentext One of the most extraordinary episodes in British royal history took place on 15 December 1785 when George, Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and George IV) secretly married the beautiful, twice-widowed and Roman Catholic Maria Fitzherbert. This marriage was in breach of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 but almost certainly valid in the eyes of the church. If it had been discovered, George might well have forfeited his claim to the throne. As it was, George and Maria lived together for twenty years, and remained deeply attached, despite George's disastrous (and probably bigamous) public marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The King's Wife is a highly readable account of a love-match that pre-echoes the later relationship of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. In the eyes of George IV's own family, Maria was his real wife.

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Irvine, Irvine Valerie
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9781852854430
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-443-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, royalty, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain