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Loading... The Royal Victorians: King Edward VII, His Family And Friends (original 1976; edition 1976)by Christopher Hibbert
Work InformationEdward VII: The Last Victorian King by Christopher Hibbert (1976)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The life of Edward VII wasn't particularly interesting and author covers it pretty adequately. It creates an objective portrait of the king with all his nice qualities and quirks. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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