George I Elector & King

"Was George I as lucky, as incompetent and as ignorant of England and English as people, even historians, believe? Evidently not, according to Hatton's carefully researched biography. In this painstakingly recreated world, George I impressed his contemporaries as a talented general, a farsighted ruler, and a sensitive human being who was deeply grieved by the constitutionally important break with his son. It was character assassination which ruined George's reputation, and Hatton goes far to redress the balance, perhaps too
far—leaving the impression that George did no wrong at all." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)