Summary
"Chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen."--Publisher's description. Full description
- Introduction: The eighty-nine steps
- Youth.
- Victoria and Albert 1841
- "Our poor strange boy" 1841-1856
- 'Neither fish nor flesh' 1856-1860
- Bertie's fall 1861
- Marriage 1861-1863
- "Totally totally unfit . . . for ever becoming king" 1863-1865
- Alix's knee 1865-1867
- Marlborough House and Harriett Mordaunt 1868-1870
- Annus horribilis 1870-1871
- Expanding middle.
- Resurrection? 1871-1875
- India 1875-1876
- The Aylesford scandal 1876
- Lillie Langtry 1877-1878
- Prince Hal 1878-1881
- Prince of Pleasure 1881-1887
- William 1887-1889
- Scandal 1889-1890
- Nemesis 1890-1892
- Daisy Warwick 1892-1896
- "We are all in God's hands" 1897-1901
- King
- King Edward the Caresser 1901-1902
- "Edward the Confessor number two" 1902
- King Edward the peacemaker 1903-1905
- Uncle of Europe 1905-1907
- King Canute 1908-1909
- King of Trumps 1909-1910
- The people's king march-May 1910.