The Life and Times of William IV

The Life and Times of William IV
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 0297832255
ISBN-13 : 9780297832256
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Life and Times of William IV by : Anne Somerset

William IV

William IV
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781399098588
ISBN-13 : 1399098586
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis William IV by : John Van Der Kiste

Born in 1765, third son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, initially had little expectation of succeeding to the British throne. A brief career in the navy, followed by several years of semi-obscurity and a liaison with the actress Dorothea Jordan that gave them a family of ten children, came to an end with the ‘royal race for the crown’, requiring him and several of his other similarly unmarried brothers to find wives and ensure the royal succession after the unexpected death of their only legitimate niece Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent. William’s wife, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, failed to produce any children who survived infancy, but despite their great difference in ages she succeeded in taming his previously uncouth manners. By the time he ascended the throne in 1830, the formerly outspoken prince had proved himself fitted to be a conscientious and astute if occasionally eccentric sovereign who successfully weathered the storms engendered by the passage of the Great Reform Bill. Between them, King William and Queen Adelaide helped to restore the popularity of a somewhat tarnished crown and lay the foundations for a modern monarchy under the auspices of their niece who succeeded them as Queen Victoria. This book portrays the life and character of ‘Good King Billy’, one of Britain’s most endearing sovereigns. An affable character of straightforward honesty and common sense, an occasionally tactless, blundering character with an instinctive dislike of pomp and ceremony but with the common touch, he was arguably the most human, down-to-earth of the Hanoverians.

Sailor King

Sailor King
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 190960965X
ISBN-13 : 9781909609655
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Sailor King by : Tom Pocock

Of all the British monarchs who have claimed that they have ruled the seas, only one, King William IV, has been a truly professional seafarer. Known as the "Sailor King" in his own lifetime, he saw himself as a naval officer who happened to become the sovereign rather than a monarch who had been a naval officer. His life presents an appealing, if sometimes shocking character. His life in the Royal Navy was fraught with crisis: rivalries, doomed love affairs, extravagance and rebelliousness. Often he seems a Hogarthian character, or a nautical version of the Regency rake. Yet, while many mocked or despised him, there were those who loved him. And, when he came to the throne and was all but swept away by the tide of the Age of Reform, he faced it with resolution and survived with honour. He had overcome the pressures and contradictions of a royal upbringing, to end his days a king who was not only loved but admired for setting an unstable monarchy on an even keel for the long reign of his niece Victoria which followed his.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 17
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ISBN-10 : 9780763647940
ISBN-13 : 0763647942
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis William Shakespeare by : Ari Berk

Describes Shakespeare's experiences in London and his retirement to the country in a fictional account that includes excerpts from his works.

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 753
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ISBN-10 : 9780393342604
ISBN-13 : 0393342603
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs by : Ted Morgan

“Almost indecently readable . . . captures [Burroughs’s] destructive energy, his ferocious pessimism, and the renegade brilliance of his style.”—Vogue With a new preface as well as a final chapter on William S. Burroughs’s last years, the acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure. Anarchist, heroin addict, alcoholic, and brilliant writer, Burroughs was the patron saint of the Beats. His avant-garde masterpiece Naked Lunch shook up the literary world with its graphic descriptions of drug abuse and illicit sex—and resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on obscenity. Burroughs continued to revolutionize literature with novels like The Soft Machine and to shock with the events in his life, such as the accidental shooting of his wife, which haunted him until his death. Ted Morgan captures the man, his work, and his friends—Allen Ginsberg and Paul Bowles among them—in this riveting story of an iconoclast.

William Rufus

William Rufus
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 528
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ISBN-10 : 0520049365
ISBN-13 : 9780520049369
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis William Rufus by : Frank Barlow

William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England's king for only 13 years (1087-1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid biography, here updated and reissued with a new preface, Frank Barlow reveals an unconventional, flamboyant William Rufus -- a far more attractive and interesting monarch than previously believed. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest.

When William IV was King

When William IV was King
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000003891803
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis When William IV was King by : John Ashton

William Pitt the Younger: A Biography

William Pitt the Younger: A Biography
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 708
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ISBN-10 : 9780007480937
ISBN-13 : 0007480938
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis William Pitt the Younger: A Biography by : William Hague

The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself.