Divorcing a Queen: the Queen Caroline affair and popular protest

Divorcing a Queen: the Queen Caroline affair and popular protest explores the popular outpouring in support of the queen upon her return to Britain in 1820 before the trial in the House of Lords, as well as the affair's lasting effect on local political activism and organising in the nineteenth century.
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