King Edward the Seventh

For this biography of Edward VII, Sir Philip Magnus was the first allowed unrestricted access to all material in the Royal Archives. Sir Philip has also enjoyed the additional advantage of unrestricted access to collections of papers and documents which are still in private hands or privately controlled. King Edward is exhibited as a man, prince and king with many admirable qualities and with a number of defects which the passage of time no longer requires to be concealed. The result is a magnificent full scale portrait of a memorable personality, and a brilliant and absorbing study of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.