Edward Vii's Last Loves: Alice Keppel & Agnes Keyser,9780750926379

Edward Vii's Last Loves: Alice Keppel & Agnes Keyser

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ISBN13: 9780750926379
ISBN10: 0750926376
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square
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Summary

This well-researched and engagingly written book examines not only the lives of the two women and their love for the ageing monarch, but also reveals their previously underrated roles in politics and diplomacy. As the king became increasingly irascible, their influence in smoothing over potentially explosive situations became ever more important. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements v
Genealogical Tables: The Keysers, the Edmonstones and the Keppels viii
The Separate British Royal Households, 1901 x
Introduction: Two Perfect Loves 1(12)
Born a Keyser and Born an Edmonstone
13(17)
Two Childhoods
30(15)
Alice's Marriage and the Albemarles
45(10)
First Lover, First Child
55(6)
Agnes and Alice Meet the Prince of Wales
61(15)
War, Assassinations and Alarms
76(19)
Raising the Wind
95(7)
`The King's Loose-Box'
102(10)
Indispensable Duo
112(13)
The Royal Curtain Falls
125(10)
`Royal Widowhood' and War
135(19)
The Trouble with Violet
154(18)
An Ending at Buckland House
172(4)
`Queen of Florence'; `Empress of the Ritz'
176(19)
Notes 195(11)
Bibliography 206(4)
Index 210

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