Wives of George IV: The Secret Bride and the Scorned Princess

George, Prince of Wales, was a popular and eligible man in Georgian England, but his two wives, Maria Fitzherbert and Caroline of Brunswick, had a tumultuous marriage. Maria was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble, while Caroline was married for money and found her husband so drunk that he couldn't even walk to the altar. The scandal of their marriage rocked Britain, with a queen on trial for adultery and the succession itself in the balance.

Format: Hardback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2021
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Few men in Georgian England were as fashionable or as eligible as George, Prince of Wales. Wild, glamorous, and with a penchant for beautiful women, the heir to George III's throne was a very desirable catch - or so it seemed. The two women who married him might beg to differ. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble. When she married the prince in a secret ceremony conducted in her Mayfair sitting room, she opened the door on three decades of heartbreak. Cast aside by her husband one minute, pursued relentlessly by him the next, Maria's clandestine marriage was anything but blissful. It was also the worst-kept secret in England. Caroline of Brunswick was George's official bride. Little did she know that her husband was marrying for money, and when she reached her new home in England, she found him so drunk that he couldn't even walk to the altar. Caroline might not have her husband's love, but the public adored her. In a world where radicalism was stirring, it was a recipe for disaster. In The Wives of George IV: The Secret Bride & the Scorned Princess, Maria and Caroline navigate the choppy waters of marriage to a capricious, womanizing king-in-waiting. With a queen on trial for adultery and the succession itself in the balance, Britain had never seen scandal like it.

In Georgian England, few men were as fashionable or as eligible as George, Prince of Wales. Wild, glamorous, and with a penchant for beautiful women, the heir to George III's throne was a very desirable catch - or so it seemed. The two women who married him might beg to differ. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble. When she married the prince in a secret ceremony conducted in her Mayfair sitting room, she opened the door on three decades of heartbreak. Cast aside by her husband one minute, pursued relentlessly by him the next, Maria's clandestine marriage was anything but blissful. It was also the worst-kept secret in England. Caroline of Brunswick was George's official bride. Little did she know that her husband was marrying for money, and when she reached her new home in England, she found him so drunk that he couldn't even walk to the altar. Caroline might not have her husband's love, but the public adored her. In a world where radicalism was stirring, it was a recipe for disaster. In The Wives of George IV: The Secret Bride & the Scorned Princess, Maria and Caroline navigate the choppy waters of marriage to a capricious, womanizing king-in-waiting. With a queen on trial for adultery and the succession itself in the balance, Britain had never seen scandal like it.

Weight: 524g
Dimension: 240 x 259 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781473897496