George vi biography book
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The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI,
HM George oss lived through the greatest tests of a monarch in modern times, two world wars, the rise of socialism and the decline of British hegemony and the empire. On top of all of that he had to deal with a very much alive and active predecessor: his brother Edward VIII. George (or Bertie to his friends and family, his first given name being Albert) was not born as the heir, he was second in line, a shy man, with an outgoing grandfather, a loud overbearing father and extremely popular and social brother. Destined to the sidelines of history and a career in the forces, George would have been happy to sit there, due his duty and watch everyone else. History had other plans for him. In the face of adversity, he lead his country from one of its darkest times, the Second World War to become the nation’s unifying and beloved monarch.
The inheritance and world that George was born into in , was a British
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George VI: The Dutiful King
The definitive biography of George VI, the hero of The King's Speech
George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. George was unprepared for kingship, suffering from a stammer which could make public occasions very painful for him. Moreover he had grown up in the shadow of his brother, a man who had been idolized as no royal prince has been, before or since. However, as Sarah Bradford shows in this sympathetic biography, although George was not born to be king, he died a great one.
'A triumph Sarah Bradford looks set to inherit Lady Longford's mantle as royal biographer supreme' Mail on Sunday
'Lucid, convincing and admirably fair George VI has been fortunate in his biographer' Philip Ziegler
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King George VI.
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