[Georgian Saga 02] • Queen in Waiting

[Georgian Saga 02] • Queen in Waiting
Authors
Plaidy, Jean
Publisher
New York : Putnam
Tags
caroline , king of great britain , queens , 1683-1737 , consort of george ii , queen
ISBN
9780848806095
Date
1985-10-14T22:00:00+00:00
Size
0.82 MB
Lang
en
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When Caroline of Ansbach arrives in England, King George is old and sour, his mistress ugly and his wife imprisoned at his own hand for over twenty years. She has grown up watching her mother Eleanor's loveless and dangerous marriage, and is determined to avoid a similar situation. So she marries the Prince of Wales, George Augustus, and they are popular among the people, leading the King to resent them.

In what will become typical Hanoverian style, father and son loathe each other and exist in a state of constant competition for power. She quickly realizes that her husband is unintelligent and sees that she will be able to control him to some extent. Despite plenty of obstacles, including her father-in-law's control of her children, she refuses to lose sight of her aims.