Copyright © 2013 Jane Ridley
Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York.
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Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, a member of The Random House Group, London, in 2012, as Bertie: A Life of Edward VII.
Portraits of the Royal Family (this page), Susan Vane-Tempest (this page), John Brown (this page), Jennie Churchill (this page), Queen Victoria (this page) and Queen Victoria’s family (this page): all © National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Ridley, Jane.
The heir apparent : a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince / Jane Ridley.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4000-6255-3
eBook ISBN 978-0-8129-9475-9
1. Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910. 2. Great Britain—Kings and rulers—Biography. 3. Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910—Relations with women. 4. Great Britain—History—Edward VII, 1901–1910. I. Title.
DA567.R53 2013 941.082′3092—dc23 2013002597
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Cover design: Anna Bauer
Cover photograph: colorized version of a black-and-white photograph of Edward VII by Alexander Bassano (© National Portrait Gallery, London)
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