Pros & Cons
Pros
Roberts argues that the colonists needed a pretext to strike out on their own. George iii's role as a constitutional monarch was to garner support from those who preferred to remain an english colony.
Cons
Roberts is an apologist. Glosses over the fact that this king waged war on his own subjects.
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Quality
Birthday recipient was very pleased with the book
Roberts enables us even more to understand the great hypocrisy of the american revolution beginning with we hold these truths ... Read More
Roberts does not shy from the king’s mental relapses – likely he tells us some form of manic depression – but those bouts with ... Read More
Competitiveness
The handful of nitpicks i mentioned earlier are these
While i do have a few nitpicks id like to start by saying that this book really changed the way i look the man who was george iii
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This book will definitely expose any stereotypes about the muchmaligned king george iii as exaggerations if not outright falsehoods
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George was not the despot that he has been portrayed as in most u
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As an american it was interesting to get a british perspective of the revolutionary war and king george
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There arent too many authors who can make a 675 page biography of a long dead king this enjoyable
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American historians are particularly cruel to george iii because the americans won the revolution
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British historians are particularly cruel to george iii for the same reason
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This book is an attempt to balance the historical record
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I am no fan of biography i generally find it tedious and full of boring detail