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Edward VII: Prince and King

History

St. Aubyn, Giles

Europe

Atheneum

Richard III has the most controversial reputation of any English king. If he was the murderer of his two nephews and (as many contemporaries thought) the poisoner of his own wife, he has a place among the foremost villains of history. If however his only real crime was to have been on the losing side, then he is the victim of an extraordinary and enduring smear campaign.Which version is correct? Whether true or false, the legend of Richard III's villainy has embedded itself in the nation's consciousness. In this clear, careful narrative, first published in 1983 (the 500th anniversary of a year in which three kings occupied the throne of England) Giles St. Aubyn relates the violent and blood-stained story, his cool, witty style contrasting with the brutality of the period he describes.

Year of Three Kings: 1483

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Infamous Victorians: Palmer and Lamson,: Two notorious poisoners

Constable

This portrait of Queen Victoria is a study of her personality, her family life, her relations with her Ministers, her traits of character, her taste and her beliefs. In tracing the development of the Queen's personality between 1819 and 1901, the author distinguishes six Victorias: the frustrated prisoner of Kensington Palace; the Young Queen rejoicing in her freedom and enchanted by Lord Melbourne; the young bride, devoted to Prince Albert but not prepared to share her royal duties; the submissive wife who made her Consort all but King in name; the shattered helpless widow after Albert's death in 1861 and finally, her confidence restored, Queen Empress and doyenne of Europe's Sovereigns.

Queen Victoria

Biographies & Memoirs

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

'An exceptional study, which fascinates, entertain, and illuminates.' The New YorkerThrough half a century of public service King Edward had the advantage of a private secretary whose tact, judgement, loyalty and affection never failed him. Francis Knollys was one of that small intimate circle from whom he had no secrets, personal or political. Previous biographers of the King have lamented the too perfect discretion that led Knollys to destroy all his papers on his master's death, but in fact his discretion outreached even its own reputation. The Knollys Papers were preserved with the perfect secrecy that their creator practised in the discharge of his office, but were put at the disposal of the author, enabling him to extend and deepen the commonly held portrait of a man whose physical grossness has, as in the case of the Prince Regent, been allowed to obscure both a keen intelligence and a serious even conscientious pursuit of duty. King Edward is here shown to have deserved the deep affection and respect felt for him by his private secretary.'In Edward VII Giles St Aubyn has splendidly filled the gap between hagiography and muck-raking ... one of the most elegant yet solidly-founded studies so far produced of this splendid monarch.'. Sunday Telegraph'This book has delighted me by its good judgement of character and its pungency, as well as by the important new material it includes.' Raymond Mortimer

Faber and Faber

Richard III has the most controversial reputation of any English king. If he was the murderer of his two nephews and (as many contemporaries thought) the poisoner of his own wife, he has a place among the foremost villains of history. If however his only real crime was to have been on the losing side, then he is the victim of an extraordinary and enduring smear campaign.
Which version is correct? Whether true or false, the legend of Richard III's villainy has embedded itself in the nation's consciousness. In this clear, careful narrative, first published in 1983 (the 500th anniversary of a year in which three kings occupied the throne of England) Giles St. Aubyn relates the violent and blood-stained story, his cool, witty style contrasting with the brutality of the period he describes.

The Year of Three Kings, 1483

Faber&Faber

'Even the lives of scoundrels play some part in portraying an age...'Our interest in all things Victorian - in the seamy side of the era especially - is ageless and undimmed. Giles St. Aubyn's Infamous Victorians, first published in 1971, stands as a brilliant illumination of two dark stories of the time, replete with sinister elements of iniquity and hypocrisy.In the first fifty years of Victoria's reign two doctors were hanged after being found guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court. Both men were 32 years old, both poisoners, both murdered for money. Dr William Palmer was a notorious figure, tried for a single murder though he almost certainly killed others. Dr George Lamson was a morphia addict convicted of killing his crippled young brother-in-law at Blenheim House school. Giles St. Aubyn restores them to life on the page, examines their careers and assesses their guilt.

Infamous Victorians

Physical description; 555 p. : ill.,facsims., geneal. table, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Edward VII, King of Great Britain 1841-1910. Great Britain - Kings and rulers - Biography.

Edward VII, Prince and King

Recreates Queen Victoria's relationships with her family, her ministers, and her servants to depict the life of the ruler of the world's largest empire

Queen Victoria: A Portrait

The art of argument

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Taplinger Pub. Co

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Edward VII: Prince and King

Year of Three Kings: 1483

Infamous Victorians: Palmer and Lamson,: Two notorious poisoners

Queen Victoria

Edward VII: Prince and King

The Year of Three Kings, 1483

Infamous Victorians

Edward VII, Prince and King

Queen Victoria: A Portrait

The art of argument