An exciting new biography of Edward VII, the playboy prince who changed the monarchy, by prizewinning historian and biographer Jane Ridley.
An exciting new biography of Edward VII, the playboy prince who changed the monarchy, by prizewinning historian and biographer Jane Ridley.
Jane Ridley is Professor of History at Buckingham University, where she teaches an MA course on biography. Her books include The Young Disraeli, acclaimed by Robert Blake as definitive; a highly praised study of the architect Edwin Lutyens and his relationship with his troubled wife, which won the Duff Cooper Prize; and Victoria, a short life written for the Penguin Monarchs series. Her most recent full 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.
Brilliantly entertaining… Richly detailed, impeccably researched…
Written with a light touch and full of human sympathy… A landmark
royal biography
*Sunday Telegraph*
This is not only the best biography of King Edward VII; it’s also
the best book about royalty ever published… Vivid, detailed and
original
*Independent*
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
*Sunday Telegraph (Books of the Year)*
Hugely entertaining from first page to last... It is also scholarly
and revealing
*Evening Standard (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
*Spectator (Books of the Year)*
Ridley has written a marvellous biography. Her book is racy and
pacy, filled with delicious descriptions of grand Edwardian
shooting parties, cutting-edge fashion and, of course, a string of
beautiful society women. But she is never trivial, and nor is her
Bertie
*Mail on Sunday*
A fascinating and compulsively entertaining biography... Ridley’s
research is woven through the book, often with considerable humour,
illuminating not only the life of a king, but those of his family,
friends and lovers... A vibrantly atmospheric portrait
*Daily Telegraph*
Profoundly learned and a cracking good read
*Spectator*
Richly colourful and wittily observed
*Sunday Times*
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