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CAROLINE THE ILLUSTRIOUS
Queen Caroline,
and the Duke of Cumberland.
Walter L. Colls Ph. Sc.
v
Caroline the Illustrious
Queen-Consort of George II. and
sometime Queen-Regent
A Study of her Life and Time
BY
W. H. WILKINS, M.A., F.S.A.
AUTHOR OF “THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN”
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1901
CONTENTS.
| BOOK III. Queen Consort and Queen Regent. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| The New Reign | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Queen and Walpole | 29 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Court of Queen Caroline | 53 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Royal Family | 83 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Caroline’s First Regency | 112 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Queen and the Nation | 136 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Queen and Literature | 156 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Excise Scheme | |