Worth it if you're a fan of the royal family not so much if you're not.

Fraser thus seems to have put an enormous amount of effort into a work that, in the final analysis, doesn't really shed a great deal of light, save for some of the dysfunctions of the Hanoverian royal family. In this sumptuous group portrait of the six daughters of and Mad and King George III, acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions.Drawing on their extraordinary private correspondence, Fraser gives voice to these handsome. Most of the drama seems to have come from various illnesses that they suffered, mixed here and there with largely failed romantic efforts. The family tree in the front of the book certainly gets a workout! The biggest problem is that Fraser isn't really able to make the princesses interesting you get the strong impression from the book that they led crashingly dull lives. Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions and beyond, illuminating the complicated lives of these exceptional women: Princess Royal, the eldest, constantly at odds with her mother home-loving. One problem, which Fraser largely battles successfully, is keeping the massive cast straight, inclusive of the fact that many personages have the same or similar names. King George III of England (17601820) and his queen, Charlotte, had 15 children, among them six daughters, on whom Fraser (The. From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, a brilliant group biography of the six daughters of Mad King George III. This book, while it concentrates on the lives of the six daughters of King George III of England, does take in quite a bit of King George and his consort Queen Charlotte, as well as the princesses' brothers, including the future George IV. Princesses opens an invaluable new window into the often troubled private world of these royal women LA Times. Princesses opens an invaluable new window into the often troubled private world of these royal women LA Times Riveting and wonderfully detailed.

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