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The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
 
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The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline (Paperback)

by Flora Fraser (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (13 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0719566908
  • ISBN-13: 978-0719566905
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 637,965 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A first-class study ! excellent' -- Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph 'Splendid ! her book does justice to a fascinating woman who was tragic, brave, likeable, humorous, and indeed, unruly' -- Richard Acton, Spectator 'A brilliantly uncovered and grotesque tale' -- Clare Tomalin, Independent on Sunday 'Well written, thoroughly enjoyable ! required reading' -- Sarah Bradford, Daily Telegraph 'Written with elegance, wit and a narrative zest that novelists might envy' -- Economist

Richard Acton, Spectator
‘Splendid … her book does justice to a fascinating woman who was tragic, brave, likeable, humorous, and indeed, unruly’

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars An ambitious biography which fails on several levels., 24 Jan 1998
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Fraser has written an old-fashioned biography which merely traces the events of Caroline's life rather than place her in the context of her time. The exhaustive detail - often seemingly put in at random - may discourage the popular reader. Moreover, despite her extensive use of archival sources, numerous errors, misquotes, and incorrect and misleading citations from printed sources make this a highly problematic source for professional historians.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Though Partisan, 10 Jan 2000
By H. Callaghan "Alice in Wonderland" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this biography a great deal. Caroline is a fascinating and eccentric character, and the contention that she was a very wronged woman is inescapable. However, unlike the author, I did not find her a very sympathetic character and a lot of her boldness seemed to derive from tactlessness opposed to honesty.

In terms of the writing, the syntax was occasionally rather garbled (to the point one had to reread sentences in order to understand who the subject was), and Fraser was in the habit of making relentlessly partisan statements on behalf of her subject, instead of leaving the reader to draw their own conclusion from the evidence.

That said, in the wake of the Princess Diana phenomenon, it makes for a fascinating historical parallel in terms of its subject matter - a dynastic royal marriage bedevilled by adultery and mutual recrimination on both sides. I enjoyed this a lot and found it well-researched and very accessible, and some of the antics of the Royal pair had me laughing out loud.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unruly Queen by Flora Fraser, 19 Jan 2004
By Andrew Roberts "Andrew Roberts" (LOndon, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is splendidly-written narrative history at its best and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Although the age in which Caroline of Brunscwick lived was a fairly squalid one, and she was far from the least squalid aspect of it at times, Flora Fraser has managed by dint of fine scholarship and good writing to make it come alive in gloriously vivid colours. It is hard to escape the conclusion that so ghastly were the Prince Regent and his wife that they truly deserved one another, but 'Unruly Queen' is a much better book than either deserves. After her superb life of Emma Hamilton, much was expected of Flora Fraser. With this book she has certainly delivered all and more. I'm awarding it five stars & cannot rcommend it highly enough to Amazonians.
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