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"Hibbert delivers a superbly detailed picture of the life and times of George IV including his exorbitant spending on his homes, his clothes, and his women; his patronage of the arts; his ""illegal"" marriage to Catholic Mrs Fitzherbert, and lesser known facts such as his generous charity donations and his witty one-liners, including one he uttered when he met his bride-to-be (Caroline of Brunswick) for the first time: ""Harris, I am not well, fetch me a brandy."" George IV was the son of George III (who went insane and inspired ""The Madness of King George"") and was the founder of the prestigious King's College in London."

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Christopher Hibbert's George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen, my life of George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV's flamboyant and outrageous personality. --Flora Fraser This is one of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written. -- The Times Literary Supplement

Christopher Hibbert's George IV is at once soundly based on research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and a rollicking good read. I found it invaluable when I was researching The Unruly Queen , my life of George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, and I recommend it to anyone interested by George IV's flamboyant and outrageous personality. --Flora Fraser  This is one of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written. -- The Times Literary Supplement

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"CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT, ""a pearl of biographers"" (""New Statesman), "" is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of ""Disraeli "" (Palgrave Macmillan), ""The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, "" ""The English: A Social History, ""and ""Cavaliers and Roundheads."" He lives in Oxfordshire, England."

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