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Hardcover. Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 224 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book! George IV was larger than life A Gambler and a 'drunkard' he married a widow older than himself. illegally and in secret. dabbled in the politics of opposition and amassed fantastic levels of debt. His legitimate union with Caroline of unswick ended in an acrimonious and lengthy divorce; all the while mistress followed mistress. each one seemingly fatter and greedier than the last. He was a gift to cartoonists. but had the misforturne to live during the golden age of their art. The merciless lampoons of Gillray and the Cruikshanks. drawn mainly from Kenneth Baker's unique collection. make many of today's cartoons seem almost respectful . Kenneth Baker draws on a lifetime's experience of high politics to scrutinize the changing figure of Geo...
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