Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
This magnificent and exhaustively researched book which draws on numerous new discoveries and primary sources gives Bertie due credit while painting a vivid portrait of the age in all its excess and eccentricity.
paints the story of Edward VII and his long, hectic life as Prince of Wales in vivid colours: no scandal is left unturned, and yet the depth and authenticity of the research make it clear that this is a serious, even magesterial work -- Antonia Fraser * Sunday Telegraph (Books of the Year) *
the best biography was Jane Ridley's Bertie.. Surprisingly, a vast amount of new information, some of it truly eye-opening, surfaced in this beautifully prepared and serious book -- Philip Hensher * Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year) *
A model of how royal biographies should be written... impeccably researched, with much new material, balanced, sensible, disrespectful without being offensive, funny, and a vivid portrait of one of Britain's most underrated and understudied monarchs -- Philip Ziegler * Spectator (Books of the Year) *
Is all about changing perceptions of the rakish heir to the throne who, his biographer insists, was less of a womaniser that commonly thought and came into his own as king * Sunday Times (Books of the Year) *
Hugely entertaining from first page to last... It is also scholarly and revealing -- Miriam Gross * Evening Standard (Books of the Year) *
the best biography was Jane Ridley's Bertie.. Surprisingly, a vast amount of new information, some of it truly eye-opening, surfaced in this beautifully prepared and serious book -- Philip Hensher * Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year) *
A model of how royal biographies should be written... impeccably researched, with much new material, balanced, sensible, disrespectful without being offensive, funny, and a vivid portrait of one of Britain's most underrated and understudied monarchs -- Philip Ziegler * Spectator (Books of the Year) *
Is all about changing perceptions of the rakish heir to the throne who, his biographer insists, was less of a womaniser that commonly thought and came into his own as king * Sunday Times (Books of the Year) *
Hugely entertaining from first page to last... It is also scholarly and revealing -- Miriam Gross * Evening Standard (Books of the Year) *
Jane Ridley is Professor of History at Buckingham University, where she teaches a course on biography. Her books include The Young Disraeli, acclaimed by Robert Blake as definitive; and a highly praised study of the architect Edwin Lutyens and his relationship with his troubled wife, which won the Duff Cooper Prize in 2003. Her most recent biography, Bertie: A Life of Edward VII was a Sunday Times bestseller and one of the most critically acclaimed books of its year. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Ridley writes book reviews for the Spectator and other newspapers, and has also appeared on radio and several television documentaries. She lives in London and Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701176143 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701176148 |
| Title | Bertie: A Life of Edward VII |
| Author | Jane Ridley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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