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Author_James Munson
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Product details
- ISBN 9781841196169
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2002
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The affair of George IV and Maria Fitzherbert is notorious. A young Catholic widow became the secret wife of the heir to the throne because she had refused to become his mistress.
Munson reveals a genuine love story between the spoilt, egocentric prince and the older woman who brought peace and order to his life of restlessness and excess; resulting in a marriage that defied English law and broke all the rules of monarchy. Two themes dominate - the love of a kind-hearted woman for a charming but faithless prince, and the perilous state of the monarchy.
James Munson has a doctorate in 19th-century history from Oxford and taught there,1970-9. He has written historical and biographical scripts for the BBC and is literary editor of Contemporary Review.
