PAGE ANSBACH AND ITS MARGRAVES 3 CHAPTER II. THE COURT OF BERLIN 14 CHAPTER III. THE WOOING OF THE PRINCESS 36 CHAPTER IV. THE COURT OF HANOVER 59 CHAPTER V. THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN 88 CHAPTER VI. THE LAST YEAR AT HANOVER 105 BOOK II. PRINCESS OF WALES. CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF THE KING 137 CHAPTER II. THE COURT OF THE FIRST GEORGE 159 CHAPTER III. THE REACTION 186 CHAPTER IV. THE WHITE ROSE 210 CHAPTER V. AFTER THE RISING 234 CHAPTER VI. THE GUARDIAN OF THE REALM 255 CHAPTER VII. THE ROYAL QUARREL 271 CHAPTER VIII. LEICESTER HOUSE AND RICHMOND LODGE 287 CHAPTER IX. THE RECONCILIATION 316 CHAPTER X. THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE 341 CHAPTER XI. TO OSNABRÜCK! 364 INDEX 385 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller _Frontispiece_ _to face page_ THE CASTLE OF ANSBACH 8 LÜTZENBURG (CHARLOTTENBURG) 20 SOPHIA CHARLOTTE, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA. From the original portrait by Wiedman 34 QUEEN CAROLINE’S ROOM IN THE CASTLE OF ANSBACH 54 GEORGE II. AND QUEEN CAROLINE AT THE TIME OF THEIR MARRIAGE 70 THE ELECTRESS SOPHIA OF HANOVER 88 LEIBNIZ 102 HERRENHAUSEN 124 THE CEREMONY OF THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND GIVING THE CHALLENGE AT THE CORONATION 152 KING GEORGE I. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the National Portrait Gallery 174 LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU (in Eastern dress) 200