Papermac;King George V - Softcover

Rose, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333372247 ISBN 13: 9780333372241

Publisher: Macmillan, 1984

Synopsis

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.

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From the Publisher

Antonia Fraser explains why this is one of her favourites...
This superbly-crafted biography has stood the test of time since its first publication nearly twenty years ago. At the time the skill with which Kenneth Rose brought to life a monarch not generally seen as particularly exciting - his merits being rather those of bluff commonsense - was widely admired. So was Rose’s meticulous scholarship, and his attention to sources which led to him being granted unique access to living members of the Royal Family who gave him their reminiscences. With the passing of the years, developments within the present Royal Family have made one see King George V’s resolute attitude to the inevitable changes in monarchy in a new light. Perhaps it was not notably compassionate to deny refuge to the Tsar and his family - a revelation first produced by Rose from the documents - but it certainly preserved the British Royal Family from the threat of revolution.

About the Author

Kenneth Rose, a renowned historian and biographer, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a contributor to The Dictionary of National Biography. He was awarded the CBE in 1997. He founded the 'Albany' column on the Sunday Telegraph, having worked previously on the Daily Telegraph's 'Peterborough' column.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333372247
• ISBN 13: 9780333372241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528