Entertaining and insightful, this four-volume history will delight history buffs. Queen Anne died without an heir, bringing to the throne George I, of the German House of Hanover. Author Justin Mc Carthy examines the lives and reigns of the four Georges and William IV, whose death ended the personal union of Britain and Hanover. The first volume begins with the death of Queen Anne in 1714, and the arrival of the new king, ending with the reign of George the Second and the Excise Bill in the year 1733.
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Justin Huntly Mc Carthy (1859-1936) was an Irish historian, novelist, playwright, biographer, and Member of Parliament—serving in the House of Commons from 1884 to 1892. The son of the noted historian Justin Mc Carthy, he is best remembered for his history The Reign of Queen Anne (1902) and the play If I Were King (1902), which has been twice adapted by Hollywood.
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