George III: the tyrant who lost America?
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The Last Days of the King
For george the third's reign and particularly the execution of his fellow monarch in france, it wa it was a massive q moment. The idea that ama european monarch could actually be guillotined is utterly shocking. It also brought the nation together in an amazing way. In his e in his reign am he was er. very much opposed to peace with france until the regicidal emer government was overthrown. And of course, that didn't happen for a very long time because napoleon was such a good soldier. Butd by the time it did happen, in 18 15, he was confined at windsor castle, so he never knew that the battle
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