George I (Penguin Monarchs)

by Tim Blanning Book 31 in the Penguin Monarchs series.

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Tim Blanning explains how George I, Elector of Hanover, acquired the British throne through the Protestant succession in 1714. The biography follows a king often dismissed as foreign and uninterested, placing his rule within European diplomacy, dynastic responsibility and the aftermath of the Stuart succession crisis.

George faced Jacobite rebellion and the South Sea Bubble while Britain’s cabinet and parliamentary politics continued to evolve. Blanning argues that his caution, experience and good fortune helped establish the Hanoverian dynasty and preserve a political settlement that was still far from secure.