Chapter 3 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MONARCHY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
6. Chapter 2 A PRINCE AND HIS EDUCATION 6
7. Chapter 3 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MONARCHY 22
8. Chapter 4 FIRST YEARS AS KING, 1760–3 43
9. Chapter 5 MINISTERIAL INSTABILITY, 1763‒70 71
10. Chapter 6 GEORGE AND LORD NORTH, 1770–4 96
11. Chapter 7 CHARACTER AND BEHAVIOUR 108
12. Chapter 8 FAMILY 144
13. Chapter 9 CULTURE 162
14. Chapter 10 RELIGION AND MORALITY 185
15. Chapter 11 WAR WITH AMERICA 209
16. Chapter 12 REPEATED CRISES, 1780–4 242
17. Chapter 13 GEORGE AND WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, 1784–90 264
18. Chapter 14 THE REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS, 1790–3 288
19. Chapter 15 ELECTOR OF HANOVER 305
20. Chapter 16 THE QUEST FOR EMPIRE 329
21. Chapter 17 WAR WITH FRANCE, 1793–1801 347
22. Chapter 18 LAST YEARS, 1801–20 379
23. Chapter 19 REPUTATION AND COMPARISONS 411
24. Chapter 20 GEORGE III AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH MONARCHY 439
25. ABBREVIATIONS 452
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 454
27. INDEX 461