The Royal Race for the British Crown 1817-1819 By Jillian Robertson

The Royal Race for the British Crown 1817-1819 By Jillian Robertson

Hardcover

SBN 856340685

Publisher: Blond & Briggs Ltd 1977

Used-Very Good, The DJ has limited signs of wear. Internally clean, no inscriptions, excellent binding. The book is now protected with a cellophane cover.

In 1817, Princess Charlotte, George III's only grandchild died mysteriously in childbirth. The obstetrician Sir Richard Croft shot himself with a revolver three months later. Apart from five childless princesses and seven prematurely senile royal dukes all over forty and childless, this left the British throne without a direct heir at a time when the Royal Family owing to their enormous debts and debauchery, occupied a deplorably low place in public esteem.