Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
Published: 2017-12-25
Total Pages: 340
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Excerpt from His Most Gracious Majesty, King Edward VII T his boob, originally publisnea' as a Life of t/ze Prince of lvales, lzas now been muclz enlarged and brougnt up to Me latest date, including His Majesty's Accession and tne events w/zicn followed. Pres/i illustrations leave also been added. It is believed t/iat no firevious attempt lzas been made to present a connected account of tbe King's life, altnougn isolated portions of His Majesty's manifold activities nave been treated of by various writers. Tlins tne aut/ior of tbe firesent world acknowledges considerable indebtedness to t/ze Honble. Mrs. Grey's journal of a Visit to Egyfit, Constantinople, tne Crimea, Greece, etc., in tbe Suite of t/ze Prince and Princess of Wales to Sir W H. Russell's delig/itful volumes on tbeir Majesties' tour in tbe East and t/ze King's tour in India (from ionic/i tzvo illustrations are reproduced); and to Sir H. C. Burdett's Prince, Princess, and People, wean deals mainly witn t/ie [onilant/zropic wor/e of t/ze King and Queen. A large number of memoirs nave also been consulted, including tnose of t/ze Prince Consort, t/ie Ducness of Tecé, Baron Stocbmar, Arc/ibis/zop Magee, Arc/zbis/zop Benson, Dean Stanley, and Canon Kingsley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.