History of England (Select Bibliographies Reprint Series)

Excerpt from A History of England, Vol. 3 of 3: From A. D. 1688 to A. D. 1885
The new king and queen were not a well-matched pair, though, owing to Mary's amiable and tactful temper, they agreed better than might have been expected. The queen was Character of lively, kind-hearted, and genial, well loved by all William who knew her. William was a morose and unsociable invalid, who only recovered his spirits when he left the court for the camp. In spite of his wretched health, he was a keen soldier, and had the reputation of being one of the best, if also one of the most unlucky, generals of his time. His talent chie y showed itself in repairing the consequences of his defeats, which he did so Cleverly that his conquerors seldom drew any advantage from their success. 61 private life William was cold, suspicious, and reticent. He reserved his confidence for his Dutch friends, Openly saying that the English, who had betrayed their natural king, could not be expected to be true to a foreigner. He knew that he was a political necessity for them, and nothing more. Hence he neither loved them nor expected them to love him.
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