Very Rare. 1820. The Royal Exile. Memoirs Of Queen Caroline. Original Wrappers

THIS RARE VOLUME OF MEMOIRS IS IN THE STATE IN WHICH IT LEFT THE PRINTERS. AT THAT TIME, THE RICH, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD AFFORD BOOKS, BOUGHT THEM IN WRAPPERS AND THEN CHOSE THEIR OWN BINDINGS, COATS OF ARMS ETC. THE PURCHASER OF THIS BOOK DIDN'T HAVE IT REBOUND, SO IT HAS STAYED IN ITS ORIGINAL WRAPPERS FOR 205 YEARS.

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK WAS PRINCESS OF WALES FROM 1795 TO 1820, AND THE QUEEN OF GEORGE IV UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1821. GEORGE HAD A PRIOR MARRIAGE TO MARIA FITZHERBERT, SO HE WAS A BIGAMIST. THEY HAD NEVER MET BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE. GEORGE WAS HEAVILY IN DEBT, AND HOPED PARLIAMENT WOULD INCREASE HIS ALLOWANCE IF HE MADE AN APPROPRIATE MARRIAGE. THE COUPLE SEPARATED IN 1796, AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR DAUGHTER. CAROLINE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING MULTIPLE LOVERS AND HER PRIVATE LIVE WAS INVESTIGATED. NO CLEAR EVIDENCE WAS FOUND. CAROLINE LATER JOKED THAT HER ONLY ADULTERY HAD BEEN WITH MRS FITZHERBERT'S HUSBAND.

WHEN GEORGE BECAME KING IN 1920, HE ASKED FOR A DIVORCE, WHICH SHE REFUSED. GEORGE TRIED TO DIVORCE HER THROUGH PARLIAMENT, BUT HER POPULARITY WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE LIBERTINE GEORGE'S UNPOPULARITY MADE THIS IMPOSSIBLE. JANE AUSTEN WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER. GEORGE BARRED HER FROM THE CORONATION IN JULY 1821. SHE DIED THREE WEEKS LATER.

2 COPIES ON THE INTERNET, NEITHER IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. VOLUME 2 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED SEPARATELY IN 1821.

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