George III | George III
Nov.10.2012
King George II of Britain is born on November 10, 1683 in Hanover, Germany.
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Aug.08.2012
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The Berkeleys strive to press home their advantage whilst they may...but with some opposition from above
Mrs Price stormed off to her kin in an uppity frame of mind. The dust settled upon the cornices and the spiders scuttled out from their bullet-hole webs outside the sash...
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Aug.04.2012
The Berkeleys follow the Royal Court to Weymouth and all goes according to plan...at first
In the scorching summer of 1797, His Majesty agitated to be breathing the ozone of his beloved Dorset coast and the Royal Court removed to Gloucester House in the little port of Weymouth, along with...
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Dec.19.2010
The sudden death of his father breaks open a new horizon for William Cooper and the future is filled with undreamt possibility.
"And to think I never knew that father was a man of means," marvelled Will, peering through a sullen November drizzle from the parlour window. ...
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Oct.05.2010
Lord Grenville (Buckingham's younger brother)
In this preview excerpt from The Sheep and The Goats, Book Two of the Berkeley Trilogy, the Earl of Berkeley's brother-in-law, The Marquess of Buckingham, shifts closer to power. He is perilously in possession of the truth about the...
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Jul.08.2010
In the summer of 1786, the Prince of Wales shut up Carlton House, dismissed most of his staff, and went trotting down to Brighton in a hired carriage with his new bride. He wished to...
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Jun.17.2010
The devil, they say, looks after his own and, that same day, the answer dropped into Hupsman’s grasp like a ripened plum. After supper at the rectory, he escaped from his carping spouse...
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Feb.26.2010
(continued from Wednesday's post) ...Mary broke off and bit her lip. She averted her gaze from the fascinated maid, trying to staunch a wave of embarrassment. That the girl’s name was really Tudor gave the situation a compelling twist! “I entreat you to stay in Gloucestershire among those who...
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Feb.24.2010
She was born a butcher's daughter, loved by a lawyer, proposed to by a Prince and abducted by an Earl...
Things came to a head that October. One morning, Mary looked into the schoolroom upon her two elder sons, Fitz and Freddy (Maurice Frederick), to enquire of Mrs Price how they were...
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Feb.16.2010
Courtesy of Berkeley Castle
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In the drawing room, the medley of voices swelled and ebbed like a flight of drones, interspersed with bellows of laughter and strident opinion.
“Tis plain as the nose on your face,...
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