Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION 1
4. PREFACE 9
5. SPELLING OF NAMES AND PLACES 11
6. NOTE ON DATES 13
7. I. Parents and childhood 15
8. II. The electoral cap 31
9. III. Experience gained 65
10. IV. The royal crown 93
11. V. Settling down 111
12. VI. Two issues of principle 147
13. VII. Three crises 170
14. VIII. The watershed 1718- 21 211
15. IX. Peace, its problems and achievements 247
16. X. Death of George I 280
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 300
18. NOTES TO THE TEXT 322
19. GENEALOGICAL TABLES 372
20. MAP 1: George's Hanoverian dominions and the near neighbours of his electorate 378
21. MAP 2: Northern Europe 380
22. MAP 3: Southern Europe 382
23. INDEX 386