I found a most interesting book and highly recommend it for any history buffs out there. Life In The Georgian Court, by Catherine Curzon, was published in August of 2016. I purchased it some time ago and finally had time to spend on it. It's been a cold, rainy, overcast, dull day, and I devoured this book in one sitting. It takes you through some of the more interesting royal characters of the Georgian era in English history. With the death of Queen Anne, the Stuart line died out and the Hanovers took over the throne. The designated new king was to become George I, hence the Georgian period. It's also called the age of enlightenment and this tidbit shows how the era advanced. A procedure call variolation was championed by Queen Caroline. It's the precursor to vaccination. Queen Caroline lost quite a few relatives to Small Pox and made variolation her cause.

There were few love matches amongst the royals, it was all about business. You could hope for affection or tolerance but most seem to be disasters. Between the infant mortality rate, diseases, and palace intrigue it's a wonder anyone survived to middle age. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer was wise but didn't always work.

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