Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 28, 2024

In Category - Biography & Autobiography

Authors: William Henry Wilkins In Year : 1901

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1

Preface
BOOK I. Electoral Princess of Hanover.:Ansbach and its Margraves
The Court of Berlin
The Wooing of the Princess
The Court of Hanover
The Heiress of Great Britain
The Last Year at Hanover
BOOK II. Princess of Wales.: The Coming of the King
The Court of the First George
The Reaction
The White Rose
After the Rising
The Guardian of the Realm
The Royal Quarrel
Leicester House and Richmond Lodge
The Reconciliation
The South Sea Bubble
To Osnabrück!

Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relationship with the King, who was unpopular and ineffective. When her husband became George II, the relationship between the King and his people was even worse, a situation his Queen Consort attempted to mediate. For the ten years from his accession until her death, it was Caroline who, in effect, ruled the country. Wilkins argues that, apart from Elizabeth I, Caroline was the most powerful woman in English history. - Summary by LynneT