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George III: the tyrant who lost America?

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Andrew Roberts discusses his landmark new biography of King George III and takes on some of the myths that have surrounded the monarch Historian Andrew Roberts discusses his landmark new biography of King George III with Rob Attar. He takes on some of the myths that have surrounded the king, such as: Was he really a tyrant? Was his “madness” caused by porphyria? And how responsible was he for the loss of the American colonies? (Ad) Andrew Roberts is the author of George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch(Allen Lane, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/George-III-Britains-Misunderstood-Monarch/dp/0241413338/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-viewingguide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On the throne from 1760 until 1820, George III was Britain's third longest reigning monarch.

1:25.3

Among other things, his reign witnessed the industrial revolution,

1:29.2

the abolition of the slave trade, and the loss of the American colonies. The historian Andrew Roberts

1:35.1

has just published a major new biography of the king and has also written about him for the

1:40.5

November issue of BBC History magazine. In today's interview with the magazine's editor,

1:46.0

Rob Atar, Andrew explores George's eventful life and seeks to explode some of the myths that have

1:52.2

grown up around him. Andrew, when I first spoke to you about this book, you mentioned three key

1:57.4

pillars to your reappraisal of Georgia Third, that he didn't have Porphyria,

2:02.3

that he wasn't a tyrant in America, and that he wasn't an unconstitutional monarch in Britain either.

2:08.3

So if we could begin perhaps with the accusation of tyranny in America.

2:13.4

How far do you think he was personally responsible for the loss of the American colonies?

2:18.4

I don't think he was personally responsible to any great degree at all. It was a politico-military

2:25.6

series of decisions. He wasn't the primary mover in the political ones. That was obviously

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