The Last King of America, the misunderstood reign of George III, in naming this the Book

of the Year, the Times of London called the volume Majestereal.

My colleague at the Hoover Institution Victor Davis-Hanson calls the author of this book, quote,

the most accomplished historical biographer in the English-speaking world.

With us today, that author, historian Andrew Roberts, author of The Last King of America,

an Uncommon Knowledge Now.

Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge, I'm Peter Robinson.

A graduate of Gonville Keys College Cambridge, the historian Andrew Roberts is a professor

at King's College London, a lecturer at the New York Historical Society, and the Roger

and Martha Mert's visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution here at Stanford.

Dr. Roberts is the author of more than a dozen major works of history, including Napoleon,

a life, Churchill walking with destiny, and now The Last King of America, the misunderstood

reign of George III.

Andrew, welcome.

Thank you very much, Peter.

It's great to be back on the show.

A couple of opening questions, if I might, and the first involves just a few seconds of

perhaps the most influential portrait of George III, prior at least to the publication

of your book, which comes, of course, from the musical Hamilton.

And when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my

love.

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.

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