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His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII

His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII

by Marie Belloc Lowndes

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Author
Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52237
Release Date
June 4, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I AN APPRECIATION
  6. 6.CHAPTER II BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
  7. 7.CHAPTER III THE KING’S BOYHOOD
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE CURRAGH
  9. 9.CHAPTER V THE KING’S VISIT TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT—TOUR IN THE EAST
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII EARLY MARRIED LIFE
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX THEIR MAJESTIES’ TOUR IN EGYPT AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
  14. 14.CHAPTER X THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR—THE KING’S ILLNESS
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI 1873-1875
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE KING’S TOUR IN INDIA
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII QUIET YEARS OF PUBLIC WORK, 1876-1887—VISIT TO IRELAND—QUEEN VICTORIA’S GOLDEN JUBILEE
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV SILVER WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA—ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE BACCARAT CASE—BIRTH OF LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF—THE KING’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY—ILLNESS OF PRINCE GEORGE
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES—MARRIAGE OF PRINCE GEORGE—THE DIAMOND JUBILEE—DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF TECK
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII LATER YEARS—A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE KING—GRADUAL RECOVERY—THE ATTEMPT ON THE KING’S LIFE
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE KING AS A COUNTRY SQUIRE
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE KING IN LONDON
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE KING AND STATE POLICY
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII THE KING AND THE SERVICES
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE KING AND FREEMASONRY
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV THE KING AS A PHILANTHROPIST
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV THE KING AS A SPORTSMAN
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA—THE KING’S ACCESSION

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