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Bibliography

• Ayling, S. E. George III (1972)
• Black, Jeremy. George III: America's Last King (The English Monarchs Series) (2006). 448pp; a standard scholarly biography
• Brooke, John. King George III (1972)
• Butterfield, Hebert. George III, Lord North and the People (1949, 2nd ed. 1959)
• Cannon, John. "George III (1738–1820)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004); online edn, Jan 2008
• Clark, J. C. D. English Society 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics during the Ancien Régime, (2000), argues that 18th-century England was a "confessional state," akin to an ancien régime in which church and government were closely intertwined, rather than a modernizing one typified by conflicts between religious traditionalism and the dynamic consolidation of state power,
• Colley, Linda. "The apotheosis of George III: loyalty, royalty, and the British nation, 1760–1820", Past and Present, 102 (1984), 94–129. in JSTOR
• Ditchfield, G. M. George III: An Essay in Monarchy. (2002). 233 pp.
• Ehrman, John. The younger Pitt, 1: The years of acclaim (1969); The younger Pitt, 2: The reluctant transition (1983); The younger Pitt, 3: The consuming struggle (1996)
• Hibbert, Christopher. George III A Personal History (1998). 464pp; favourable popular history. online edition; also excerpt and text search
• Lloyd, Alan. The King Who Lost America: A Portrait of the Life and Times of George III (2002), popular excerpt and text search
• Namier, Lewis. England in the Age of the American Revolution (1961), advanced treatise online edition
• Namier, Lewis. The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (1929) A famous study that rejected the Whig interpretation that a two-party rivalry of Whig and Tory, underpinned a constitutional monarchy and a modern cabinet system based on a party majority in the House of Commons. Namier, by looking at all the individual MP's, argues the king conducted his role within the limitations of authority permitted by the constitution, while the Whig historians claim that the king fomented turmoil against the constitution.
  • Peter Thomas, "Reappraisals in History," Institute of Historical Research (2002) online edition
• Parissien, Steven. "George III" History Today, Vol. 52, June 2002; the reputation of the controversial king who lost the American colonies and spent much of his life in psychological distress but whose active interest in the arts and sciences, and his generous patronage, distinguished him from his Hanoverian predecessors online edition; also in EBSCO
• Plumb, J. H. England in the Eighteenth Century. (1950) online edition
• Plumb, J. H. (1985)
• Pares, Richard. George III and the politicians (1953) online edition
• Thomas, P. D. G. Lord North (1976)
• Thomas, Peter D. G. George III: King and Politician, 1760-1770. (2002). 262 pp.
• Watson, J. Steven The Reign of George III, 1760-1815 (1960), the standard political history of the era; online edition

Historiography

• Butterfield, Hebert. George III and the Historians (1959) online edition
  • Christie, Ian R. "George III and the Historians - Thirty Years On." History 1986 71(232): 205-221. Issn: 0018-2648
• Caretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. (1990.) 389 pp.

Primary Sources

• Bullion, John L., ed. "George III on Empire, 1783." William and Mary Quarterly 1994 51(2): 305-310. in Jstor An essay written by the king in early 1783 laments the loss of America, stating that the American colonies had set the stage for separation by trading with British rivals. The king implies the need for free trade, yet still seems to be a mercantilist. He suggests that British policy should give some attention to development of resources/
• Sedgwick, Romney, ed. Letters from George III to Lord Bute, 1756-1766 (1939) online edition