Edward VII, a Portrait

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Allen Lane, 1976 - Biography & Autobiography - 339 pages
The King seen from many different points of view - to Henry James, Edward seemed an arch vulgarian; to Admiral Fisher, a wonderful man.

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Poor Bertie
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A Private Student
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The Suitor
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About the author (1976)

Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine. He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). His work The Destruction of Lord Raglan (1961) won a prize from the Royal Society of Literature. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84.

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TitleEdward VII, a Portrait
AuthorChristopher Hibbert
Editionillustrated, reprint, braille
PublisherAllen Lane, 1976
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 16, 2008
ISBN0713909471, 9780713909470
Length339 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
  
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