The so-called 'trial' of Queen Caroline, wife of George IV, in 1820, was one of the most sensational events of the nineteenth century. Not only was a Queen Consort of Great Britain publicly accused of adultery over a period of years, and in particularly sordid circumstances, but the full details of the accusations were paraded before a crwoded House of Lords and the general public, through the newspapers and in scurrilous verses and cartoons. The 'queen's affair' produced riots and demonstrations in London and the provinces, almost stimulated a mutiny in the army, and was taken up by enthusiasm by radicals and revolutionaries anxious to discredit the monarchy and the political system. In this book, excerpts from contemporary diaries, letters and newspapers unfold the story as it was seem by a variety of observers in court, in society and parliament, in the City of London and in the nation at large.