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Edward VII : the last Victorian king / Christopher Hibbert ; [foreword by Hugh Thomas].

Title
Edward VII : the last Victorian king / Christopher Hibbert ; [foreword by Hugh Thomas].
Author
Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.

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Description
xiii, 348 p. : ill., ports.; 21 cm.
Summary
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Biographie.
Note
  • "First published by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1976"--T.p verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-325) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9781403983770 (pbk.)
  • 1403983771 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 124969233
  • SCSB-12392352
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library