The heir apparent : a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince
Book |
First U.S. edition. |
Random House,
New York :
c2013
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- ISBN: 9780812972634 (tr. pbk.)
- Physical Description: xxiv, 726 pages : illustrationsprint
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2013
- General Note: "Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Chatto & Windus."
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-698) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: The eighty-nine steps -- Youth. -- Victoria and Albert 1841 -- "Our poor strange boy" 1841-1856 -- 'Neither fish nor flesh' 1856-1860 -- Bertie's fall 1861 -- Marriage 1861-1863 -- "Totally totally unfit .?.?. for ever becoming king" 1863-1865 -- Alix's knee 1865-1867 -- Marlborough House and Harriett Mordaunt 1868-1870 -- Annus horribilis 1870-1871 -- Expanding middle. -- Resurrection? 1871-1875 -- India 1875-1876 -- The Aylesford scandal 1876 -- Lillie Langtry 1877-1878 -- Prince Hal 1878-1881 -- Prince of Pleasure 1881-1887 -- William 1887-1889 -- Scandal 1889-1890 -- Nemesis 1890-1892 -- Daisy Warwick 1892-1896 -- "We are all in God's hands" 1897-1901 -- King -- King Edward the Caresser 1901-1902 -- "Edward the Confessor number two" 1902 -- King Edward the peacemaker 1903-1905 -- Uncle of Europe 1905-1907 -- King Canute 1908-1909 -- King of Trumps 1909-1910 -- The people's king march-May 1910.