Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George III
Flora Fraser
Anchor
April 2006
On Sale: April 11, 2006
496 pages
ISBN: 1400096693
EAN: 9781400096695
Paperback
$16.95
Non-Fiction Biography
In this sumptuous group portrait of the six daughters
of “Mad” 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,
accomplished, extremely well-educated women: Princess
Royal, the eldest, constantly at odds with her mother;
home-loving, family-minded Augusta; plump Elizabeth, a
gifted amateur artist; Mary, the bland beauty of the
family; Sophia, emotional and prone to take refuge in
illness; and Amelia, “the most turbulent and tempestuous
of all the Princesses.” Never before has the historical
searchlight been turned with such sympathy and acuity on
George III and his family.
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