1927. The Reign, 22nd January 1901 to 6th May 1910. A biography of King Edward VII, by the English biographer and critic, Sir Sidney Lee, who is best-known for A Life of William Shakespeare. Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Victoria, true to the Hanoverian name, saw the worst in Edward. She and Albert imposed a strict regime upon Edward, who proved resistant and resentful throughout his youth. Victoria consistently denied her son any official governmental role. He rebelled by completely indulging himself in women, food, drink, gambling, sport and travel. His wife, Alexandra, turned a blind eye to his extramarital activities, which continued well into his sixties and found him implicated in several divorce cases. Despite Edward's colorful personal life and Victoria's perceptions of him as profligate, Edward ruled peacefully (aside from the Boer War of 1899-1902) and successfully during his short reign, which is remarkable considering the shifts in European power that occurred in the first decade of the twentieth century.
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AT half-past six on the evening of Tuesday, 22nd January 1901, Queen Victoria passed away at the advanced age of eighty-one years and eight months. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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King Edward, Prime Minister, Lord Lansdowne, House of Lords, Lord Knollys, House of Commons, Queen Victoria, South Africa, Great Britain, Foreign Office, Prince of Wales, Lord Salisbury, Secretary of State, Lord Kitchener, Sir Henry, Lloyd George, Sir Charles Hardinge, Buckingham Palace, Sir Frank Lascelles, German Emperor, Lord Curzon, Crown Prince, Lord Selborne, War Office, Prince Charles New!
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AT half-past six on the evening of Tuesday, 22nd January 1901, Queen Victoria passed away at the advanced age of eighty-one years and eight months. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
autograph comment, red puggaree, constitutional sovereign, naval estimates, cabinet letter, naval programme, territorial force, navy estimates, approaching visit, naval rivalry, naval expenditure, foreign decorations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
King Edward, Prime Minister, Lord Lansdowne, House of Lords, Lord Knollys, House of Commons, Queen Victoria, South Africa, Great Britain, Foreign Office, Prince of Wales, Lord Salisbury, Secretary of State, Lord Kitchener, Sir Henry, Lloyd George, Sir Charles Hardinge, Buckingham Palace, Sir Frank Lascelles, German Emperor, Lord Curzon, Crown Prince, Lord Selborne, War Office, Prince Charles New!
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