Article: '[link=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/author-to-return-to-her-mansfield-roots-with-new-book-1-9704430]Author to return to her Mansfield roots with new book[/link]' as featured by
Mansfield Chad, 10th April 2019
Article: '[link=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/author-to-return-to-her-mansfield-roots-with-new-book-1-9704430]Author to return to her Mansfield roots with new book[/link]' as featured by
Mansfield Chad, 10th April 2019
You can have no better tour guide to the subject. Catherine Curzon’s sense of humour and eye for detail is eminently suited to opening a window of the court of the house of Hanover and peeking in... In this book she delivers on her promise to get to the bottom … I mean lift the petticoats … I mean tailcoats … untangle … She investigates allot of the most famous scandals associated with the various George’s and their queen’s.
Read the full review [link=https://adventuresinhistoryland.com/2019/03/07/book-review-the-scandal-of-george-iiis-court-by-catherine-curzon/]here[/link]
Adventures in History Land
You can have no better tour guide to the subject. Catherine Curzon’s sense of humour and eye for detail is eminently suited to opening a window of the court of the house of Hanover and peeking in... In this book she delivers on her promise to get to the bottom … I mean lift the petticoats … I mean tailcoats … untangle … She investigates allot of the most famous scandals associated with the various George’s and their queen’s.
Read the full review [link=https://adventuresinhistoryland.com/2019/03/07/book-review-the-scandal-of-george-iiis-court-by-catherine-curzon/]here[/link]
Adventures in History Land
This history restores full human dimensions to two figures contrasting figures. Queen Maria 1 of Portugal, remembered, if at all, for her piety and for going mad and William Stephens an obscure British merchant who amassed a fortune in Portugal. Both these figures were warmly loved during their lives. Queen Maria, sandwiched between the church and the legacy of the extraordinary and Machiavellian Marquis de Pombal, tried so hard to rule with justice and charity. William Stephens built up a glass industry and created a community in rural Portugal where the workers well-being was paramount – he recovered wasteland, cultivated vegetables, raised cattle, provided health-care and tuition on musical instruments. The workers put on concerts and plays, including Shakespeare, for their own entertainment. The paths of these two figures crossed in a rare carefree period for Maria and a triumphant success for William and his workers. Jenifer Roberts writes with historical accuracy and lively, entertaining.. Read more
Amazon Customer
This history restores full human dimensions to two figures contrasting figures. Queen Maria 1 of Portugal, remembered, if at all, for her piety and for going mad and William Stephens an obscure British merchant who amassed a fortune in Portugal. Both these figures were warmly loved during their lives. Queen Maria, sandwiched between the church and the legacy of the extraordinary and Machiavellian Marquis de Pombal, tried so hard to rule with justice and charity. William Stephens built up a glass industry and created a community in rural Portugal where the workers well-being was paramount – he recovered wasteland, cultivated vegetables, raised cattle, provided health-care and tuition on musical instruments. The workers put on concerts and plays, including Shakespeare, for their own entertainment. The paths of these two figures crossed in a rare carefree period for Maria and a triumphant success for William and his workers. Jenifer Roberts writes with historical accuracy and lively, entertaining.. Read more
Amazon Customer
As featured in
The Bookseller Buyers Guide
As featured in
The Bookseller Buyers Guide
The strength of this book lies with the author. Catherine Curzon has a talent for telling stories – especially scandalous ones, apparently. She draws the reader in with an easy -going, conversational style, presenting the facts with her own colourful observations, making the reader feel a part of the scandalous liaisons and conspiracies that make up this book. The Scandal of King George III’s Court is a pleasure to read, and probably the greatest escapism you will ever experience from a non-fiction book.
Read the full review [link=https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2019/02/01/book-corner-the-scandal-of-george-iiis-court-by-catherine-curzon/]here[/link]
History The Interesting Bits, Sharon Bennett Connolly
The strength of this book lies with the author. Catherine Curzon has a talent for telling stories – especially scandalous ones, apparently. She draws the reader in with an easy -going, conversational style, presenting the facts with her own colourful observations, making the reader feel a part of the scandalous liaisons and conspiracies that make up this book. The Scandal of King George III’s Court is a pleasure to read, and probably the greatest escapism you will ever experience from a non-fiction book.
Read the full review [link=https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2019/02/01/book-corner-the-scandal-of-george-iiis-court-by-catherine-curzon/]here[/link]
History The Interesting Bits, Sharon Bennett Connolly
