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Poor Queen Caroline!
Poor Queen Caroline! Her only crime was her generous eccentricity, not very fitting for a princess, and later a queen. She grew up in Brunswick with more freedom and love than usually received by one of her station. She had more than her share of scandals and practical jokes, but she still was offered the hand of the Prince of Wales. The marriage was ill fated, as she was the opposite of what George admired in women. He proceeded to humiliate her at every possible occasion, and only stayed with her long enough to get an heir. After his daughter, Charlotte, was born, he continued to make her life unlivable, perhaps encouraging her eccentric behavior. Her generous nature and tragic life won her the love of the people, causing more hatred from the Prince. He tried everything in his power to be rid of her, even trying to try her for adultery, and making his marriage dissolved. If you thought that was scandalous enough, wait until George became King, and Caroline demanded her rights!

This is the last book in the Georgian Saga that I read, making my collection complete! As with every book in this magnificent collection, it was very well written and enjoyable to read. I would recommend it to any fan of history, or reading in general.

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Her Majesty's Own Worst Enemy
The story of Caroline of Brunswick, the injured Queen of England, is a fascinating and worthwhile read. According to Jane Austen, "She was bad, but she would not have become as bad as she was if he (Britain's George IV) had not been infinitely worse."

Jean Plaidy, a good story-teller, does an admirable job of matching history as it was to the story she writes. Still, she gets a few things wrong but this is due more to lack of access to key historical documents than to sloppy research.

After reading Flora Fraser's more recent, scholarly biography, The Unruly Queen : The Life of Queen Caroline, I found Plaidy errs in identifying the little Italian girl, Vittoria, as the daughter of Pergami when she was his niece. She also errs in calling Pergami, "Baron Pergami," at the time he first meets Caroline. He doesn't become a Baron until after Caroline visits Malta and buys an estate and the title of Baron for him. Still, Jean Plaidy takes the clay of scholarly biography and moulds a living, breathing character for the reader.

Caroline of Brunswick was, at turns, warm-hearted and maternal, and defiant and unconventional. Rejected by her husband as unfit, unkempt and embarrassingly gauche, she became even more so as a means of getting back at him. In the end, she only harmed herself.

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The moving story of a rejected, tragic Queen
Surprisingly, the sad story of this unloved bride and wife is almost the same of Princess Diana. And she was also loved by the British people. I strongly recommend the book.