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The Rest Is HistoryMay 30, 2022
“I was reading Andrew Roberts, his biography that came out last year. And he's basically spent the last 10 years of his life weeping uncontrollably and endlessly tying up handkerchiefs.”
Sentiment: Critical Analysis
Trigger: George III's mental health
For: Historians and readers interested in royal history
Key quote: “Roberts basically blasts holes in, in the thesis that George had porphyria.”
The host mentions Andrew Roberts' biography to challenge the commonly held belief about King George III's mental health. Roberts argues that George suffered from manic depression rather than porphyria, suggesting that the treatments exacerbated his condition.