Gryphon Editions
Facsimile

Author: Roger Fulford

Publisher: The Notable Trials Library, Gryphon Editions (c. 2001) Facsimile.

Format/Condition: New quarter leather volume is in fine condition. 255 pp. Illustrated

Description: While the 1794 marriage of George, Prince of Wales, to Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) was doomed to failure from the start, few could predict the extreme—and outrageous—lengths to which the unhappy couple would go. The “Trial of Queen Caroline” is the infamous trial following the bogus adultery charge leveled by King George IV of Great Britain at his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, when she refused her estranged husband’s offer of £50,000 to renounce her title and live abroad. Caroline was eventually brought to trial and was faced with the Bill of Pains and Penalties. The trial created international interest, and with the light that it threw on her relationship with Count Bartolomeo Bergami, the Italian equerry and courtier. From 1814 until 1820 she lived in Italy.

The charges against her were dropped in 1820 thanks to a spirited defense by Lord Brougham and the sympathy of the British public. Brilliantly defended by Henry Brougham, the popular Princess of Wales escaped penalty, but her legacy remains controversial as ever.

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