by KennethRose (Author)
The Whitbread (and Wolfson and Yorkshire Post) Prize Winning account of the king whose life spanned the centuries. Grandfather of the present Queen, George V bridged the century from the 'glories' of the Victorian and Edwardian eras through the horrors of the Great War. His life is recounted here drawing on letters and diaries of the Royal family as well as intimates and social observers of the time. As his funeral cortege turned into New Palace Yard the Maltese Cross fell from the Crown and landed in the gutter. 'A most terrible omen' wrote Harold Nicolson. And indeed it was.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 Apr 2000
ISBN 10: 1842120018
ISBN 13: 9781842120019
Book Overview: Won numerous prizes; Whitbread, Wolfson, Yorkshire Post 'Fascinating. ... Sympathetic but not uncritical ... very well written, highly perceptive and at times very amusing. ... A superb book.' Robert Blake 'Wonderful biography. He writes not only with enviable ease and grace but with even more enviable psychological insight. ... This is historical biography as it should be written.' J.H. Plumb 'A quite astonishingly informative and enlightening account' The Good Book Guide
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