Title:
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EDWARD VII
THE LAST VICTORIAN KING |
By: |
Christopher Hibbert, Hugh Thomas (Foreword) |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£14.94 |
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ISBN 10: |
0230578489 |
ISBN 13: |
9780230578487 |
Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Pub. date: |
12 June, 2007 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
Description: |
In this reissue of his captivating biography of the last Victorian King, Christopher Hibbert sheds new light on the scandals that peppered Edward's life, his dismal early years under Victoria's iron rule, his terror of boredom leading to a lively social life at home and abroad, and his eventual ascent to the throne at age 59. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |