Review The Prince and the uakeress Georgian Saga #4

The Prince and the uakeress Georgian Saga #4 Characters Å 2 Jean Plaidy æ 2 Summary Young and idealistic the Prince of Wales develops a deep affection for a beautiful uakeress Hannah Lightfoot who catches his eye as he is riding through the streets A first meeting is arranged leading to several and eventually they discreetly marry in a secluded hou This book takes a charming and well debunked legend that when he was a teenager the future King George III not only fell in love with but secretly married a commoner and had children with her and runs away with it It takes many liberties with history in other words but it s all in service of showing us a different side of the Mad King once upon a time he was young innocent shy maybe not too bright and a romantic at heart It s worth the read just for that A very sweet book

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The Prince and the uakeress Georgian Saga #4 Characters Å 2 Jean Plaidy æ 2 Summary Se where they live as man and wife She is prepared to betray her beliefs for him just as he is willing to defy the desires of various courtiers for her Eventually his mother's lover Lord Bute uncovers the affair and Hannah mysteriously disappearsThe novel explores t This is the story of the young George III when he was not yet considered significant only the eldest son of the Prince of Wales Frederick and grandson of King George II If you re not familiar with England s King Georges you may find parts of the story hard to follow as it alludes to characters from the previous books in the Georgian series ueen in Waiting and Caroline the ueen Old King George II is in his winter years bad tempered and constantly lamenting his deceased wife ueen Caroline whom he reveres in death than he did in life At the forefront is Frederick Prince of Wales his wife Augusta and their good friend Lord Bute a Scottish peer who sees his way up with this particular friendshipYoung George is malleable honest and earnestly wishes to do well by his people Lord Bute takes him under his wing and begins to implant his designs in the young Prince which are not considerably harmful to England but are against the foreign policy and empire expansion ideas of the leading man William Pitt As the story plays out politically these events are touched on while George s love life is closely focused onGeorge s loves include an extended affair with a beautiful uaker girl a flirtation with a silly society belle and descendant of Charles II through his mistress Louise de Kerouaille and a proposed marriage with the German Princess his mother chose for him As these three relationships form and shift George s own personality changes gradually and by the end of the book he seems a great protagonist and ready to become an ideal King of EnglandI found the mystery of the uaker girl as explained in the author s note to be one of the most interesting facets of the story and a satisfying explanation as to the later depiction of George in the next in the series The Third George The story of George III and Hannah Lightfoot is admittedly one of the mysteries of history No one can be absolutely certain of what took place There are even some who declare that Hannah Lightfoot never existed There is in my opinion too much evidence from various directions for this to be likely I believe that Hannah Lightfoot not only lived but was the mistress of George III as Prince of Wales There is even a report that ueen Charlotte at one time believed that the King had made a previous marriage and insisted that a second marriage ceremony should take place between her and the King and that this was done under the colour of an evening s entertainment There is also the Reynolds portrait at Knole I have based my findings on the available evidence and the character of the King and I think my version has a good chance of being the true one as any other JP With Plaidy s signature style of including back stories on the supporting characters this is one of her intriguing novels The uaker mystery has a romantic suspense feel very much like the author s Victoria Holt titles I greatly enjoyed this look at one of my favorite eras

The Prince and the uakeress Georgian Saga #4 Characters Å 2 Jean Plaidy æ 2 Summary He lasting uestion did the future George III contradict royal protocol and marry a commoner Shortly after his affair with Hannah he becomes King George III After a potential engagement to Sarah Lennox falls through he marries Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Streli After reading Emery s comment on the Georgians I remembered I had read this account somewhere before and then investigating the titles I realized I read this after my first son was born in 1969

• Mass Market Paperback
• 275
• The Prince and the uakeress Georgian Saga #4
• Jean Plaidy
• English
• 23 January 2019
• 9780449214435