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The Four Georges

George I - George II - George III - George IV

A Revaluation of the Period from 1714 - 1830

by Sir Charles Petrie BT. MA FR Hist S.

pub.  Eyre & Spotrtiswoode, London, 1935, 1st EDITION, hardcover 8vo without dj, 321pp.,  8 chapters, appendix, illustrated frontispiece - from portrait paintings, 'The Four Georges'. Includes: preface; 8 chapters; 'British Administrations, 1711-1830; index; illustrations (8 more pages of illustration plates).

Condition:  Burgundy  cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to white faux-leather spine, STRAIGHT & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION with no inscriptions, with slight rubbing, marks and edgewear to the cover, internally ROBUST and TIGHT 

  •  Concerned with the events that occurred during the reign of the four KING GEORGES of England.
  • A fresh and provocative history of English society during that violent period of change from which England emerged a modern nation.
  • A study of the actions and reactions of KING GEORGE, and an aspect of the new Prince George who is destined to become KING GEORGE.
  • The Setting
  • White Rose or White Horse.
  • The Age of Reason
  • Farmer George, the new King.
  • The Lull before the Storm
  • The Struggle for Existence
  • The Coming of the Machine.
  • The First Gentlemen of Europe