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Early in 1776, King George consented to the hiring of thousands of Hessian mercenaries to assist the British troops already in ... In 1820, George III died at the age of 82, blind, deaf, and ...

Roberts’s new book is The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III, a biography of the monarch who led England during the American Revolution and who has been made into ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...