The heir apparent : a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince / Jane Ridley.
Ridley, Jane, author.
2013
DA567 .R53 2013 (Mapit)
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Title The heir apparent : a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince / Jane Ridley.
Author Ridley, Jane, author.
Edition First U.S. edition.
ISBN 9781400062553 hardcover alkaline paper
1400062551 hardcover alkaline paper
Published New York : Random House, [2013]
Language English
Description xxiv, 726 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number DA567 .R53 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 941.082/3092 B
Summary "Chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen."--Publisher's description.
Note "Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Chatto & Windus."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-698) and index.
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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.

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