George III: King and Politicians 1760-1770

The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution o. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration comprising of factions and opposition. George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power, or merely excercising his constitutional rights?. The first chronological survey of the first ten years of George III's reign through power politics and policy-making.

Author: Peter Thomas
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 10/31/2002
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.50w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780719064296

About the Author

Peter D. G. Thomas is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth