Doug West

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland: A Short Biography (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Do you want to learn about King George III but don't have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this is the short and concise book for you! In the book you will read about the many events that shaped the life and reign of the British king, including: • First Hanoverian monarch of Britain to be born in England and to use English as his native tongue. • Britain won the Seven Year's War and greatly expanded the British Empire. • Loss of the American colonies during the American Revolutionary War. • Fostered growth in British agriculture. • Funded the development of the world's largest telescope by the astronomer William Herschel. • Sponsored the formation of the Royal Academy of Art. • Rallied his countrymen against the invasion of Great Britain by the French military led by Napoleon Bonaparte. • Suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness due to a hereditary blood disease, porphyria. The book "King George III of Great Britain and Ireland: A Short Biography" gives a crisp look at the life and times of the man King George III. To illustrate the story of his life there are numerous pictures of the people, places, and events that were part of the life of this British monarch. In addition, the book contains: a list of reference books for further reading and a timeline of the king's life and the events of that period of history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Doug West
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005700720
• Artikelnr.: 72369932

Autorenporträt

Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and "How to" topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog "Millie" near Kansas City, Missouri.