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CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.
MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
In this vivid fourth volume of a contemporary chronicle, the narrator takes listeners through the uneasy balance of power that defined the late 1760s. He sketches a Britain where the Crown, an increasingly assertive House of Lords, and a restless public clash over the limits of parliamentary authority, all while hinting at the fragile constitutional equilibrium that underpins the kingdom’s stability.
The account then turns to the tangled web of foreign entanglements, describing sudden Russian victories, a heated stand‑off with France over a stubborn ship’s flag, and the internal turmoil of the French ministry under the mercurial Duc de Choiseul. Through meticulous detail and personal insight, the memoir conveys the atmosphere of diplomatic juggling and domestic uncertainty that set the stage for the era’s next challenges, inviting listeners to hear the pulse of a nation on the brink of change.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (516K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
Dec 19, 2018
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1717–1797
Best known for helping launch Gothic fiction, this witty 18th-century writer also turned his own home into one of England’s most famous eccentric houses. His letters, taste for art and history, and love of the dramatic made him one of the most memorable literary personalities of his age.
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