Edward the Caresser
Subtitle: the playboy prince who became Edward VII
By: Stanley Weintraub
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780684853185
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Biography; History
Description: Biography of Edward VII covering the years before he became king.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-410) and index.
Table of contents: title: The future King 1841-1852; title: The world outside 1852-1860; title: The New World : Canada 1860; title: Celebrity : the Prince in the United States 1860; title: Higher (and lower) education 1860-1861; title: Bachelorhood 1861-1863; title: Falling out of love 1863-1868; title: The sport of Kings 1868-1871; title: Relapse 1871-1875; title: Embodying the Raj 1875-1876; title: The mixture as before 1876-1881; title: The occupation of the idle man 1882-1886; title: Impresario 1887-1891; title: King-in-waiting 1892-1897; title: Prince no more 1898-1901; title: Afterword 1901-1910