The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519
by Christopher Hibbert | 
The House of Medici
by Christopher Hibbert | 
The Great Mutiny
by Christopher Hibbert |
Redcoats and Rebels
by Christopher Hibbert |
Cities and Civilisations
by Christopher Hibbert | 
Cavaliers and Roundheads
by Christopher Hibbert | 
The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough | 
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S. C. Gwynne | 
The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester | 
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers | 
Mobituaries
by Mo Rocca | 
Gandhi
by Mahatma Gandhi | 
The Greatest Game Ever Played
by Mark Frost | 
There Are No Children Here
by Alex Kotlowitz | 
The Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir | 
The Meaning of Everything
by Simon Winchester | 
Crazy Horse and Custer
by Stephen E. Ambrose | 
Caesar
by Adrian Goldsworthy | 
Walt Disney
by B. G. Thomas | 
Working
by Studs Terkel |
In George III: A Personal History, British historian Christopher Hibbert reassesses the royal monarch George III (1738-1820). Rather than reaffirm George III's reputation as "Mad King George," Hibbert portrays him as not only a competent ruler during most of his reign, but also as a patron of the arts and sciences, as a man of wit and intelligence, indeed, as a man who "greatly enhanced the reputation of the British monarchy" until he was finally stricken by a rare hereditary disease.Teeming with court machinations, sexual intrigues, and familial conflicts, George III opens a window on the tumultuous, rambunctious, revolutionary eighteenth century. It is sure to alter our understanding of this fascinating, complex, and very human king who so strongly shaped England's --and America's--destiny.