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Blenheim bash
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My friend George Livanos is to Greek ship-owners what Erwin Rommel was to tank commanders. Last Saturday he and his wife, Lita, threw a bash at Blenheim Palace that would have had Emerald Cunard drooling with envy. It was definitely among the great parties of the Nineties - the Miller ball for Crown Prince Pavlos's wedding and Sir Evelyn Rothschild's do for his daughter are two that come to mind - my only regret being that yet again I drank a tiny bit too much fire-water to really appreciate the great scene and all the old friends who had gathered there.
But before I tell you about the ...
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GEORGE IV AND POSTERITY.
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...looks at posthumous assessments of George IV and his reign -- and finds the king...so little respect after death, as George IV. Robert Huish's venomous biography...people', Huish claimed instead that George IV had contributed more `to the demoralisation...
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George IV.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; Smith, E. A. George IV New Haven: Yale University Press 336...Date: August 1999 This biography of George IV attempts to provide more favorable interpretation...reader is promised a revisionist view of George IV, one that would place the king in a...
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George IV.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science
; Smith, E. A. George IV New Haven, CT: Yale University Press...satirical prints, the cruelest portrait of George IV as Prince of Wales was the third of Rowan...completely self-indulgent philanderer. In George IV, E. A. Smith aims to balance the views...
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George IV.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; George IV, by E. A. Smith. (Series: Yale English...50 U.S. (paper). The case against George IV which E. A. Smith seeks to redress was...in 1830. His lively qualities have made George IV the subject of many books, some of which...
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Weekend: Books: One for the Royal family album; George IV. By E A Smith (Yale University Press, pounds 25). Reviewed by Christine Barker.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; When George IV was 30 - in 1792 - he sat for a portrait by the...pious and conscientious father, George III. But George IV (he succeeded in 1820 and reigned until 1830...turn Smith's rather dry academic portrayal of George IV in
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George IV
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review
; George IV, E.A. Smith Historians have found little to praise about King George IV (1820-1830). E. A. Smith has written...Smith's excellent revisionist study of George IV, while not avoiding his sins, throws new...
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George IV.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; George IV. E. A. Smith. Yale University Press...his goal the political rehabilitation of George IV. Both as Regent for his father and as King from 1820 to 1830. George IV got a 'bad press' both during his lifetime...
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George IV: A Life in Caricature.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; George IV: A Life in Caricature. Kenneth Baker...224 pages. ISBN 0-500-25127-4. George IV remains, probably, the most caricatured...caricaturists' hands. In part this was because George IV invited caricature (his marriages to Mrs...
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Books: A much misunderstood monarch? Saul David wonders whether the philandering, profligate George IV was the saviour of the monarchy
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; George IV by E. A. Smith Yale, pounds 25, 306 pp ON GEORGE IV's death in 1830, The Times commented...a "landmark". If this fine account of George IV's life sometimes lacks a little colour...
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Perspective : Is city's George IV statue being held against its will?
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...working on a life-size statue of George IV, and the King himself sent a likeness...not a single buyer came fourth, George IV was soon to be dead, and was never...later? Is anyone out there holding George IV against his will? If so, can I...
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