George I (Penguin Monarchs) - The Lucky King

One stroke of good fortune after another had taken him to be ... the sovereign of three kingdoms and thus ruler of what was rapidly becoming the most prosperous and powerful empire in the world''br>br>George I was probably the most important of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England. He was certainly the luckiest, rising from the son of a landless German duke to rule an empire. Tim Blanning''s incisive biography reveals George as a tough, effective and determined monarch, at a time when other European thrones had started to crumble.>

Product details

• Authors: Tim Blanning, Blanning Tim
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780241380444
• ISBN: 978-0-241-38044-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, Biography: royalty, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: historical, political and military, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), Early 18th century c 1700 to c 1750, C 1700 To C 1800