Georgian Monarchy: Politics and Culture, 1714-1760

by Hannah Smith

Book Overview

This book, first published in 2006, is a revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. This detailed study of early Georgian kingship and queenship examines the rhetorical and iconographical fashioning of the dynasty, evaluates the political and social function of the early Georgian court, and provides an extensive analysis of provincial cultures of monarchism. Wide-ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123917
• ISBN13: 9780521123914
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"