num_pages: 704
description: The surprising deliciously dramatic and ultimately heartbreaking story of King George IIIs radical pursuit of happiness in his private life with Queen Charlotte and their 15 childrenIn the U.S. Britain's George III the protagonist of A Royal Experiment is known as the king from whom Americans won their independence and as the mad king but in Janice Hadlows groundbreaking and entertaining new biography he is another character altogethercompelling and relatable.He was the first of Britains three Hanoverian kings to be born in England the first to identify as native of the nation he ruled. But this was far from the only difference between him and his predecessors. Neither of the previous Georges was faithful to his wife nor to his mistresses. Both hated their own sons. And overall their children were angry jealous and disaffected schemers whose palace shenanigans kick off Hadlow's juicy narrative and also made their lives unhappy ones.Pained by his childhood amid this cruel and feuding family George came to the throne aspiring to be a new kind of kinga force for moral good. And to be that new kind of king he had to be a new kind of man. Against his irresistibly awful family backgroundof brutal royal intrigue infidelity and betrayalGeorge fervently pursued a radical domestic dream: he would have a faithful marriage and raise loving educated and resilient children.The struggle of King Georgealong with his wife Queen Charlotte and their 15 childrento pursue a passion for family will surprise history buffs and delight a broad swath of biography readers and royal watchers. 
language: English
title: A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.