Edward VII

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.

Autorentext

Christopher Hibbert; Foreword by Hugh Thomas

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

PART I: PRINCE OF WALES, 1841-190
"Poor Bertie
"A Private Student"
The Suitor
The Bridegroom
Marlborough House and Sandringham
A Troubled Family
Rounds of Pleasure
The Prince under Fire
A Passage to India
Exclusion
"Other Ladies"
"Inconvenient" Friends and "Ill-bred Children"
PART II: KING, 1901-1910
King of the Castle
The King at Work
The King at Home
The King Abroad
L'Oncle de L'Europe
The King and the Kaiser
The Final Months
Drawn Blinds