| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 726 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Chatto & Windus. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [607]-698) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The eighty-nine steps -- Youth. -- Victoria and Albert 1841 -- "Our poor strange boy" 1841-56 -- "Neither fish nor flesh" 1856-60 -- Bertie's fall 1861 -- Marriage 1861-63 -- "Totally totally unfit ... for ever becoming king" 1863-65 -- Alix's knee 1865-67 -- Marlborough House and Harriett Mordaunt 1868-70 -- Annus horribilis 1870-71 -- Expanding middle. -- Resurrection? 1871-75 -- India 1875-76 -- The Aylesford scandal 1876 -- Lillie Langtry 1877-78 -- Prince Hal 1878-81 -- Prince of Pleasure 1881-87 -- William 1887-89 -- Scandal 1889-90 -- Nemesis 1890-92 -- Daisy Warwick 1892-96 -- "We are all in God's hands" 1897-1901 -- King. -- King Edward the Caresser 1901-2 -- "Edward the Confessor number two" 1902 -- King Edward the peacemaker 1903-5 -- Uncle of Europe 1905-7 -- King Canute 1908-9 -- King of Trumps 1909-10 -- The people's king: March-May 1910. |
| Summary |
Chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. |
| Subject |
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 -- Relations with women.
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910.
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| ISBN |
9781400062553 hardback alkaline paper |
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1400062551 hardback alkaline paper |
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