The King in Love by Theo Aronson
The King in Love is an all-embracing account of the loves of that celebrated royal womanizer, Edward VI, as Prince of Wales and King. It is also a study of the three women with whom the King was most deeply in love-his official mistresses, Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, and Alice Keppel. Spanning three decades and packed with incident, scandal, and high romance, the story is set in the extravagant and hypocritical world of late Victorian and Edwardian society. It is full of colorful characters: Edward's beautiful and betrayed wife Alexandra; the three cuckolded husbands-Edward Langtry, the Earl of Warwick, and the Honorable George Keppel; the flamboyant Oscar Wilde; the sensuous Sarah Bernhardt; the dissipated Prince Albert Victor; and the sexually complex W. E. Gladstone. Royal biographer Theo Aronson draws on new and unfamiliar material in this vivid book and reassesses many aspects of his subjects' lives. He challenges long-established myths and reveals much that was hitherto unknown-not least the extraordinary scene that took place at the deathbed of King Edward VI. The result is a brilliant evocation of a world, and a way of life, that is gone forever.
Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, Napoleon and Josephine and a biography of Princess Margaret. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain's royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719545269 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719545269 |
| Title | The King in Love |
| Author | Theo Aronson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton General Division |
| Year published | 1988-04-12 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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