PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I AN APPRECIATION
CHAPTER II BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER III THE KING'S BOYHOOD
CHAPTER IV OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE CURRAGH
CHAPTER V THE KING'S VISIT TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER VI DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT TOUR IN THE EAST
CHAPTER VII THE WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA
CHAPTER VIII EARLY MARRIED LIFE
CHAPTER IX THEIR MAJESTIES' TOUR IN EGYPT AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER X THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR THE KING'S ILLNESS
CHAPTER XI 1873-1875
CHAPTER XII THE KING'S TOUR IN INDIA
CHAPTER XIII QUIET YEARS OF PUBLIC WORK, 1876-1887 VISIT TO IRELAND QUEEN VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE
CHAPTER XIV SILVER WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN
CHAPTER XV THE BACCARAT CASE BIRTH OF LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF THE
CHAPTER XVI THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE
CHAPTER XVII THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES MARRIAGE OF
CHAPTER XVIII LATER YEARS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE
CHAPTER XIX THE KING AS A COUNTRY SQUIRE
CHAPTER XX THE KING IN LONDON
CHAPTER XXI THE KING AND STATE POLICY
CHAPTER XXII THE KING AND THE SERVICES
CHAPTER XXIII THE KING AND FREEMASONRY
CHAPTER XXIV THE KING AS A PHILANTHROPIST
CHAPTER XXV THE KING AS A SPORTSMAN
CHAPTER XXVI DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA THE KING'S ACCESSION
The King
From the Painting by Archibald Stuart Wortley, published by Henry Graves and Co.
HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.
BY MRS. BELLOC-LOWNDES AUTHOR OF ‘THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MARQUISE’
ILLUSTRATED
London GRANT RICHARDS 9 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1901
