John Wardroper, Kings, Lords & Wicked Libellers
Ostensibly a history of satire and protest in the Georgia era, but loads of information about the awful, awful Hanoverians. How did Britian manage to become a superpower despite having the worst of all possible Royal families? Except the Stuarts. The Prince Regent costs almost as much to maintain as the entire Royal Navy, apparently.
'I am not well: pray get me a glass of brandy.' The Prince Regent, upon meeting Caroline
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