King George III Our Last King
In reading the article, “George III, Our Last King”, one can sense that the author, J. ... Plumb, has decided to attempt at ridding the blame, disgrace, and misconception of America’s last monarch, George III. He does this through professing the truth about George III and the uneventful and most unfortunate events his life. Denying the claims of George being an insubstantial king, Plumb tries to reason with the factors surrounding his relationship with elders and relatives, the misfortune of his stupidity, and the lack of sufficient leadership and support in his cabinets and parliament. The environment that George III was born into is best described by the word “unloving”. ... Coming of age in this time of err for royal families laid its unforgiving hand upon George III, after resentment arose between his grandmother and his father, who “wished that her son…were in the bottomless pit of hell”.