History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2

by Justin McCarthy

22 chapters11h 26mEnglish1901

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, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. This second volume brings us the terrible death of Queen Caroline, Swift and Stella, the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Wesleyan Movement, Clive's victories, and the struggle for Canada. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Chapters (22)

1xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again

2885

2xxii. The 'Family Compact'

2175

3xxiii. Royal Family Affairs

2429

4xxiv. The Porteous Riots

1821

5xxv. Family Jars

1736

6xxvi. A Perilous Victory

1455

7xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds'

1415

8xxviii. The Banished Prince

1239

9xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed

1744

10xxx. The Wesleyan Movement

2575

11xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1

1548

12xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2

1629

13xxxii. Walpole Yields to War

2096

14xxxiii. 'And When He Falls'

2036

15xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five'

1215

16xxxv. The March South

1816

17xxxvi. Culloden--and after

2505

18xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle

1908

19xxxviii. Primus in Indis

2845

20xxxix. Changes

942

21xl. Canada

1314

22xli. The Close of the Reign

1889

History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2

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