I share you view. A great read.

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: In her introduction to this book, Jane Ridley
: says that she has tried to show a Bertie who
: was more able and more complex that the
: figure we know as Edward VII.
: She points out that his bed hopping exploits
: were wildly exaggerated; his name was linked
: with fifty women and more than ten
: illegitimate children were chalked up to him
: though the true figures were more modest.
: In order to show both sides of his life she
: said she has had to 'chip away at the patina
: of old anecdotes and peel back layers of
: hearsay which has been repeated so often
: that it has almost hardened into fact'.
: It took a while but the author says 'like so
: many woman in the past, I have greatly
: enjoyed the years I have spent in the comany
: of HRH'.
:
: And so have I.
:
: A marvellous, fascinating and readable
: biography which I read solidly for three
: days and was enthralled by.
: On my list of books of the year !
:
: Bookreview:
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: http://randomjottings.typepad.com/random_jottings_of_an_ope/2012/12/bertie-a-life-of-edward-vii-jane-ridley.html
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