Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter One
Family
The Young Prince, 1763–1780
Home and International Politics, 1756–1780
Chapter Two
Frederick in Germany, 1780–1787
Chapter Three
York and the Regency Crisis, 1787–1789
Chapter Four
The Duel, 1789
Marriage, 1791
Chapter Five
Revolutionaries and Patriots
York Goes to War, February 1793
Success at Valenciennes, July 1793
Retreat from Dunkirk, September 1793
Chapter Six
The 1794 Campaign in Flanders
In Holland, 1794
Chapter Seven
Commander-in-Chief, 1795–1799
Mutiny and Rebellion, 1797–1798
Chapter Eight
The Helder Campaign, 1799
Chapter Nine
An Eventful Day
The Royal Military College
A Short-lived Peace, 1802–1803
Spain and Portugal
The Wellesley Factor
Chapter Ten
Mary Anne Clarke
Chapter Eleven
Out of a Job, 1809–1811
Last Stages of the War, 1811–1815
Keeping the Peace, 1815–1820
The Tragedy of Princess Charlotte
Chapter Twelve
George IV, 1820
The Duchess of Rutland
Catholic Emancipation
Death and Funeral
The Column
Reputations
The Nursery Rhyme
Epilogue
Appendix
The Subsequent Career of Duellist Colonel Charles Lennox
The Duke of York’s Alleged Illegitimate Children
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of York
Gillray and Rowlandson Caricatures of the Duke
Subsequent History of the Duke’s Country Homes
The Duke of York’s Royal Military School
Places and Titles
Charles Greville and the Yorks
References
Sources