Cartoon king? Huw Lewis-Jones enjoys a stylish account of the way caricaturists saw George III.(George III: A Life in Caricature)(Book review)

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George III: A Life in Caricature

KENNETH BAKER

Thames and Hudson, 24.99 [pounds sterling]

ISBN 9780500251409

Kenneth Baker draws on his extensive experience of politics, as well as his personal collection of caricatures, to catalogue the misfortunes and mishaps of George III in this absorbing, and at times hilarious, vision of how the English saw their king. Baker entered the House of Commons in 1968, and in a distinguished political career served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and, lastly, Home Secretary, from 1990 to 1992. When not in the upper house, ...

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