GEORGE I (PENGUIN MONARCHS) - THE LUCKY KING (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days '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' 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. Features Summary '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' George I was probably the most important of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England... Author Tim Blanning Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20190531 Pages 144 ISBN 0-241-38044-8 ISBN 13 978-0-241-38044-4