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King Edward The Seventh
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King Edward VII, His Life & Reign
Author : Edgar Sanderson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
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Download or read book King Edward VII, His Life & Reign written by Edgar Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
King Edward the Seventh
Author : Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140026580
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
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Download or read book King Edward the Seventh written by Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
The Heir Apparent
Author : Jane Ridley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812994752
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by Jane Ridley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE This richly entertaining biography 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. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars as “Bertie,” the future King Edward VII had a well-earned reputation for debauchery. A notorious gambler, glutton, and womanizer, he preferred the company of wastrels and courtesans to the dreary life of the Victorian court. His own mother considered him a lazy halfwit, temperamentally unfit to succeed her. When he ascended to the throne in 1901, at age fifty-nine, expectations were low. Yet by the time he died nine years later, he had proven himself a deft diplomat, hardworking head of state, and the architect of Britain’s modern constitutional monarchy. Jane Ridley’s colorful biography rescues the man once derided as “Edward the Caresser” from the clutches of his historical detractors. Excerpts from letters and diaries shed new light on Bertie’s long power struggle with Queen Victoria, illuminating one of the most emotionally fraught mother-son relationships in history. Considerable attention is paid to King Edward’s campaign of personal diplomacy abroad and his valiant efforts to reform the political system at home. Separating truth from legend, Ridley also explores Bertie’s relationships with the women in his life. Their ranks comprised his wife, the stunning Danish princess Alexandra, along with some of the great beauties of the era: the actress Lillie Langtry, longtime “royal mistress” Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles), and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston. Edward VII waited nearly six decades for his chance to rule, then did so with considerable panache and aplomb. A magnificent life of an unexpectedly impressive king, The Heir Apparent documents the remarkable transformation of a man—and a monarchy—at the dawn of a new century. Praise for The Heir Apparent “If [The Heir Apparent] isn’t the definitive life story of this fascinating figure of British history, then nothing ever will be.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Heir Apparent is smart, it’s fascinating, it’s sometimes funny, it’s well-documented and it reads like a novel, with Bertie so vivid he nearly leaps from the page, cigars and all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “I closed The Heir Apparent with admiration and a kind of wry exhilaration.”—The Wall Street Journal “Ridley is a serious scholar and historian, who keeps Bertie’s flaws and virtues in a fine balance.”—The Boston Globe “Brilliantly entertaining . . . a landmark royal biography.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Superb.”—The New York Times Book Review
The Coronation of Edward the Seventh
Author : John Edward Courtenay Bodley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Coronation of Edward the Seventh written by John Edward Courtenay Bodley and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Edward VII: The Last Victorian King
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780230610750
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Edward VII: The Last Victorian King written by Christopher Hibbert and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting biography that vividly captures the life and times of the last Victorian king. To his mother, Queen Victoria, he was "poor Bertie," to his wife he was "my dear little man," while the President of France called him "a great English king," and the German Kaiser condemned him as "an old peacock." King Edward VII was all these things and more, as Hibbert reveals in this captivating biography. Shedding new light on the scandals that peppered his life, Hibbert reveals Edward's dismal early years under Victoria's iron rule, his terror of boredom that led to a lively social life at home and abroad, and his eventual ascent to the throne at age 59. Edward is best remembered as the last Victorian king, the monarch who installed the office of Prime Minister.
His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII
Author : Marie Belloc Lowndes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752434554
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
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Download or read book His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII written by Marie Belloc Lowndes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Bertie
Author : Jane Ridley
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780099575443
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Bertie written by Jane Ridley and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting new approach to biography by an acclaimed historian and biographer: King Edward Vll (Bertie) seen through the eyes of the women in his life. Entertaining and different, this enjoyable study of a flawed yet characterful Prince of Wales wears its scholarship lightly. Edward Vll, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age and died in 1911, was King of England for the final 10 years of his life. He was 59 when at last he came to power. Known as Bertie, and the eldest son of Victoria and Albert, he was bullied by both his parents. His mother, Queen Victoria, the first and most powerful woman in his life, blamed Bertie's scandalous womanising for his father's early demise. Although Bertie was heir to the throne, she refused to give him any proper responsibilities, as a result of which he spent his time eating (his waist measurement was 48 inches and his nickname was 'Edward the Wide'), betting on race-horses and shooting grouse. He was married off to Alexandra of Denmark, who was beautiful but infantile, lavishing her affection on her doggies and pet bunnies. Bertie's numerous mistresses included the society hostess Daisy Brook ('Babbling Brook') and the gorgeous but fragile Lillie Langtry (with whom 'played house' in a specially built hide-away home). The last of the women in his life was the clever and manipulative Alice Keppel. He always placed her at dinner next to his most important guests, because of her grasp of politics, her brilliant conversation and her formidable skills at the Bridge table. When Bertie finally became king, he did a good job, especially in foreign policy. This colourful book gives him due credit, while painting a vivid portrait of the age in all its excess and eccentricity, hypocrisy and heartbreak.
Coronation of King Edward VII
Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
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The Boyhood of a Great King, 1841-1858
Author : Alexander Meyrick Broadley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Boyhood of a Great King, 1841-1858 written by Alexander Meyrick Broadley and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
