The Heir Apparent : A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince (Paperback)

from Jaylia3

The playboy prince gets some new respect This cradle to grave biography of Queen Victoria's colorful, often rebellious son King Edward VII, or Bertie, weaves a detailed, hard-to-stop-reading account of the Victorian and brief but influential Edwardian eras in Britain and the Continent through the...

from pierthinker

To be honest, most Englishmen cannot really remember the kings and queens between Victoria and Elizabeth. The 20th century was all about war and politics and for much of it the monarchy, if not irrelevant, was at best just a spectator and definitely not a player. This magnificent biography of Edw...

from EricCostello

A very interesting biography of Edward VII, one that I think tries to achieve a sense of balance between the somewhat dissolute prince of the pre-1892 period, and the one who seems to have snapped to and gotten sensible after the death of his own heir (Albert Victor). One advantage the author app...

from dichosa

This work is more than just about the King, but also about the connections to him that laid the groundwork for WWI.

from ponsonby

This is an engaging biography, easy to read but properly researched and referenced. It is highly sympathetic to its subject, but does not hide Edward's failings. Some bias is detectable, especially against Queen Victoria, Prince Leopold, Lillie Langtry, Lord Salisbury and particularly Princess Al...