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George II (Penguin Monarchs)
Norman Davies studies George II as both a British monarch and Elector of Hanover, ruling within a European dynastic system. The biography follows his difficult relationship with George I, political partnership with Queen Caroline and dealings with ministers during an age of expanding parliamentary government.
George was the last British king to lead troops in battle, while his reign encompassed continental war, Jacobite rebellion and imperial competition. Davies emphasises the Hanoverian and German dimensions often omitted from British accounts, presenting a monarch whose priorities crossed national boundaries.
Christopher Clark
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