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William IV (Penguin Monarchs)

A King at Sea

Roger Knight

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English
Penguin
25 April 2019
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series- short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback

William IV, 'the Sailor King', is best known for his naval career and for living for twenty years with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he had ten children. Knight's book shows that William was pretty much a disaster in whatever field he found himself.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 181mm,  Width: 111mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   80g
ISBN:   9780141989891
ISBN 10:   0141989890
Series:   Penguin Monarchs
Pages:   128
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Roger Knight was Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum until 2000, and now teaches at the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich. His previous books for Allen Lane/Penguin are The Pursuit of Victory- The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, which won the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military History, the Mountbatten Award and the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research, and Britain Against Napoleon- The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815.

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