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Caroline, the Queen (Georgian Saga, Bk 3)
Caroline the Queen - Georgian Saga, Bk 3 Author:Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt The survival of the British monarchy as a popular institution owes a lot to its queens who were, more often than not, more intelligent than their husbands. Caroline of Ansbach is such a queen. Well-educated and from one of the poorer German principalities, Caroline married into the boorish House of Hanover. It isn't long before she discovers... more » she's caught between a loathsome, vindictive father-in-law, George I, and her not-too-bright and domineering husband, the future George II. The House of Hanover, newly ascended to the English throne, would not have survived on the personal popularity of its kings. It took the cleverness of Caroline coupled with that of Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister, to keep things in balance. Jean Plaidy tells the tale of the reign of George I through the personal trauma of this most remarkable of English Queens.« less