A revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. Hannah Smith examines the rhetorical fashioning of the dynasty, evaluates the political and social function of the early Georgian court, and argues that George I and George II enjoyed a rich popularity. The book engages with key debates over the nature of early eighteenth-century British society, highlights the European context to British political thinking, and, more broadly, illuminates the functioning of cultures of power in this period.