The Life and Times of King Edward VII This course ran at the City Lit on Saturday 20th February 2016. Edward VII was heir for nearly 60 years and often in conflict with his parents. He had a popular wife and charmed all those he met. When he succeeded he surprised many with his successful reign.… Read more »
Infamous for “losing” America and going mad, George III was the first English-born king for 70 years and a great patriot who supported agricultural improvements and helped advance learning in the Age of the Enlightenment. George III had the longest reign of any English monarch up to his time and only Queen Victoria and our… Read more »
The Life and Times of Queen Anne This was a one day course at the City Lit on Saturday 21st February 2015. I repeated it somewhat amended on Sunday 25th November 2018. It was described thus Queen Anne was the last of the Stuarts and suffered much personal tragedy but she ruled over an increasingly… Read more »