5/19/2023 0 Comments George 111 andrew robertsThe most enduring critique of George III is in the American Declaration of Independence. “George III was not the most astute politician,” Barbara Tuchman, twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, wryly ends a chapter in The March of Follyafter spending pages cataloguing his missteps. More serious assessments have not been flattering. In the latter, George III sings to the Americans: “When you’re gone, I’ll go mad / So don’t throw away this thing we had / ‘Cause when push comes to shove / I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love.” For many, George III’s almost 60-year rule (October 1760–January 1820) is summed up in a singsong sentence: “the mad king who lost America.” Twice in the last 30 years, George III has been portrayed on Broadway: In the early 1990s comedy The Madness of George III, and as a supporting character in the wildly popular 2015 musical Hamilton.
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