George III: the tyrant who lost America?
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Virgil's Courage
I think george considered personal courage to be an important attribute of the monarch. And er, he certainly had it in spades self. E, there were any number of assassination attempts against him. But on each occasion, he was tremendously brave. He was very brave during the gordon riots. In fact, one of the people aching him at that time in 17 80 said, i am persuaded that the king does not know what fear is. Which is something during the invasion threats of 17 78, 79 and also the the later one from napoleon.
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