Dirty Bertie An English King Made in France

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Publisher's Synopsis

The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.

Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France.

He had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans and can-can dancers. He spoke French more elegantly than English. He was the first ever guest to climb the Eiffel Tower with Gustave Eiffel, in defiance of an official English ban on his visit. He turned his French seduction skills into the diplomatic prowess that sealed the Entente Cordiale.

A quintessentially English king? Pas du tout! Stephen Clarke argues that as 'Dirty Bertie', Edward learned all the essentials in life from the French.

Book information

ISBN: 9780099574323
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Arrow Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.0823092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 290g
Height: 130mm
Width: 199mm
Spine width: 27mm