Full name: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline

Author: Flora Fraser Year: 1996 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, History, Non Fiction, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780719566905 9780307456366 0719566908 0307456366

"There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine."Those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, and those (few) who have ruled as sovereign in absence of a male heir." Queen Caroline, who briefly held title when King George IV was crowned in 1820 is numbered among the former. Vulgar, selfish, and undisciplined, she fled from the husband she hated and became nearly as well known for her promiscuity as King George IV himself. Viewed by the public as a wronged woman, she survived George's attempts to dissolve the marriage, but opinion turned against her and she died in 1821. Similar books: King Edward VIII by Philip Ziegler Privilege and Scandal by Janet Gleeson Queen Anne by Anne Somerset Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith The Royals by Kitty Kelley Beloved Emma by Flora Fraser The Churchills by Mary S. Lovell Bloody Mary by Carolly Erickson Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey The Last Princess by Matthew Dennison George III by Christopher Hibbert Her Little Majesty by Carolly Erickson The Heir Apparent by Jane Ridley History of William the Conqueror by Jacob Abbott Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell Pauline Bonaparte by Flora Fraser Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade Victoria by Julia Baird Georgiana by Amanda Foreman