George III (Penguin Monarchs)

King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now best known for two reasons: as a villainous tyrant for America's Founding Fathers, and for his madness, both of which have been portrayed on stage and screen.

In this concise and penetrating biography, Jeremy Black turns away from the image-making and back to the archives, and instead locates George's life within his age: as a king who faced the loss of key colonies, rebellion in Ireland, insurrection in London, constitutional crisis in Britain and an existential threat from Revolutionary France as part of modern Britain's longest period of war.

Black shows how George III rose to these challenges with fortitude and helped settle parliamentary monarchy as an effective governmental system, eventually becoming the most popular monarch for well over a century. He also shows us a talented and curious individual, committed to music, art, architecture and science, who took the duties of monarchy seriously, from reviewing death penalties to trying to control his often wayward children even as his own mental health failed, and became Britain's longest reigning king.

Rege al Marii Britanii timp de saizeci de ani si ultimul rege al ceea ce avea sa devina Statele Unite, George al III-lea a inspirat atat ura, cat si loialitatea si este acum cel mai bine cunoscut din doua motive: ca tiran ticalos pentru parintii fondatori ai Americii si pentru nebunia sa, ambii care au fost descrise pe scena si pe ecran. In aceasta biografie concisa si patrunzatoare, Jeremy Black se intoarce de la realizarea imaginilor si se intoarce la arhive si, in schimb, localizeaza viata lui George in epoca sa: ca un rege care s-a confruntat cu pierderea coloniilor cheie , rebeliunea in Irlanda, insurectia la Londra, criza constitutionala in Marea Britanie si o amenintare existentiala din partea Frantei Revolutionare ca parte a celei mai lungi perioade de razboi din Marea Britanie. Negru arata cum George al III-lea a trecut la aceste provocari cu tarie si a ajutat la stabilirea monarhiei parlamentare ca un guvern guvernamental sistem, devenind in cele din urma cel mai popular monarh de peste un secol.