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Caroline had a sad and confusing childhood with her mother and brother. Eventually, she meets Sophia Charlotte and they become best friends. Sophia Charlotte introduces Caroline to the world of learning, in which Caroline quickly becomes involved. Caroline also becomes a friend with Sophia, who has a very good chance of becoming the next ruler of England. Caroline is convinced to marry George, Sophia's grandson. Around this same time, Sophia Charlotte dies, leaving Caroline desolate. Caroline eventually bears many children, and is smart enough to know how to deal with her husband properly. Her father-in-law is also created King of England, since Sophia recently died. Caroline was smart enough to learn English, so she and her husband or loved much more than the king in England. The king has his revenge, though. Their son is made to live in Germany, and their younger children are sent to live with the king. Somehow, Caroline and George live through the reign, and are crowned King and Queen.

I enjoyed this book a lot. Caroline is an admirable woman that I would be proud to have my friend (if she were alive). Plaidy brings her to life so vividly, I feel like I know her.

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Woman in the Middle
The survival of the British monarchy as a popular institution owes a lot to its queens who were, more often than not, more intelligent than their husbands. Caroline of Ansbach is such a queen. Well-educated and from one of the poorer German principalities, Caroline married into the boorish House of Hanover. It isn't long before she discovered she's caught between a loathsome, vindictive father-in-law, George I, and her not-too-bright and domineering husband, the future George II.

The House of Hanover, newly ascended to the English throne, would not have survived on the personal popularity of its kings. It took the cleverness of Caroline coupled with that of Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister, to keep things in balance. Jean Plaidy tells the tale of the reign of George I through the personal trauma of this most remarkable of English Queens.