Caroline the Illustrious, vol. 1 (of 2)
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Excerpt from Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1 of 2: Queen-Consort of George II. And Sometime Queen-Regent; A Study of Her Life and TimeIt is characteristic of the way in which historians have neglected the House of Hanover that no life with any claim to completeness has yet been written of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen-Consort of George the Second, and four times Queen-Regent. Yet she was by far the greatest of our Queens-Consort, and wielded more authority over political affairs than any of our Queens-Regnant with the exception of Elizabeth, and, in quite another sense, Victoria. The ten years o...
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- CAROLINE THE ILLUSTRIOUS
- PREFACE.
- FOOTNOTE TO PREFACE:
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- BOOK I. ELECTORAL PRINCESS OF HANOVER.
- CHAPTER I. ANSBACH AND ITS MARGRAVES. 1683–1696.
- FOOTNOTE TO BOOK I, CHAPTER I:
- CHAPTER II. THE COURT OF BERLIN. 1696–1705.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER II:
- CHAPTER III. THE WOOING OF THE PRINCESS. 1705.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER III:
- CHAPTER IV. THE COURT OF HANOVER. 1705–1706.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER IV:
- CHAPTER V. THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1706–1713.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER V:
- CHAPTER VI. THE LAST YEAR AT HANOVER. 1714.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK I, CHAPTER VI:
- BOOK II. PRINCESS OF WALES.
- CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF THE KING. 1714.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER I:
- CHAPTER II. THE COURT OF THE FIRST GEORGE. 1714–1715.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER II:
- CHAPTER III. THE REACTION. 1715.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER III:
- CHAPTER IV. THE WHITE ROSE. 1715–1716.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER IV:
- CHAPTER V. AFTER THE RISING. 1716.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER V:
- CHAPTER VI. THE GUARDIAN OF THE REALM. 1716.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER VI:
- CHAPTER VII. THE ROYAL QUARREL. 1716–1718.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER VII:
- CHAPTER VIII. LEICESTER HOUSE AND RICHMOND LODGE. 1718–1719.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER VIII:
- CHAPTER IX. THE RECONCILIATION. 1718–1720.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER IX:
- CHAPTER X. THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. 1720.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER X:
- CHAPTER XI. TO OSNABRÜCK! 1723–1727.
- FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER XI:
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