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  • British Legends: The Life and Legacy of King George III

  • By: Charles River Editors
  • Narrated by: Bill Hare
  • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of King George III

By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Bill Hare
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Explains George III's role and policies during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Era.

Discusses George III's mixed legacy and whether criticisms of it are fair.

“I wish nothing but good; therefore, everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.” – King George III

When he died in 1820, King George III had presided over the longest reign by a monarch in England’s history and ruled the British Empire during one of its most turbulent and important periods, but he was remembered by the unappealing sobriquets "The Mad King” and ”The King Who Lost America". The British remembered him based on the fact that he began suffering serious mental illnesses by the end of his life, and he was even more despised in America, with Jefferson summing up the public opinion of the British king in a letter to then-ambassador John Adams: "We I hope shall be left free to avail ourselves of the advantages of neutrality: and yet much I fear the English, or rather their stupid king, will force us out of it. (...) Common sense dictates therefore that they should let us remain neuter: Ergo they will not let us remain neuter. I never yet found any other general rule for foretelling what they will do, but that of examining what they ought not to do."

Given George III’s descent into senility, and the fact that he was the monarch during the American Revolution, it was only natural that George III would be remembered those ways, but his reputation and legacy have been given a more objective and positive reexamination over the last few decades.

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Good if you want quick history

A quick overview of the life of George The III.
It's fairly unremarkable but narrator is excellent!

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British Legends, King George III

I was looking for a detail account of what was happening in England leading up to and during the American Revolution and how the English Monarchy and Parliament dealt with this important issue. I found this book to be a very shallow book with little detail about these issues.

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