Cover of History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

by Justin McCarthy, Justin Huntly McCarthy

Chapter 1 of 22 lxiii. 'Opens Amid Ill Omens'

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11 h 39 min
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Pamela Nagami

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In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on the stage that bulky, big-spender, George IV, his bumbling brother, William IV, the impulsive Liberal loose cannon, Lord Brougham, George Canning, true author of the Monroe Doctrine, and Earl Grey and Lord John Russell and their struggle to pass the great Parliamentary Reform Bill of 1832. - Summary by Pamela Nagami