The Royal Victorians: King Edward VII, His Family and Friends

xi, 339 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. In "The Royal Victorians," a distinguished biographer presents a fresh, full-length portrait of King Edward VII based on thorough and wide-ranging research. Christopher Hibbert sheds new light on the scandals with which Edward was associated and vividly recreates his life, from his dismal early years under Victoria's iron rule, through the social whirl at home and abroad, to his accession to the throne with characteristic gusto at age fifty-nine.