A biography of George the Third, King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution.

He was loved by British Revolutionary War loyalists and hated by American patriots. What made King George III so mad? Hoping to restore glory to the British crown, he instead plunged two countries into a seven-year bloodbath and died plagued by insanity and failure.

We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for much of her early life the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold. She was our accidental queen.Elizabeth's determination to share in the struggles of her people marked her out from a young age. Her father initially refused to let her volunteer as a nurse during the Blitz but relented when she was eighteen,...

The reign of RIchard Coeur de Lion was one of the most eventful and colorful in England's long history. The third son of Henry II, Richard devoted his life to crusading and defending his lands in France.