History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1

by Justin McCarthy

22 chapters12h 17mEnglish1884

About this book

Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. The first volume begins with the death of Queen Anne in 1714 and ends in 1733, with Robert Walpole fleeing Parliament as London erupts in rioting over his excise scheme. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Chapters (22)

1i. 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!'

2137

2ii. Parties and Leaders

3547

3iii. 'Lost for Want of Spirit'

2407

4iv. The King Comes

1165

5v. What the King Came To: 1

2165

6v. What the King Came To: 2

1934

7vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1

1497

8vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2

1856

9vii. The White Cockade

2440

10viii. After the Rebellion

2268

11ix. 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy'

2141

12x. Home Affairs

2029

13xi. 'The Earth Hath Bubbles'

2592

14xii. After the Storm

1147

15xiii. The Banishment of Atterbury

1675

16xiv. Walpole in Power as Well as Office

2213

17xv. The Drapier's Letters

1144

18xvi. The Opposition

1730

19xvii. 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!'

1261

20xviii. George the Second

1556

21xix. 'The Patriots'

2207

22xx. A Victory for the Patriots

3166

History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1

About this book

Chapters (22)

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