The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895-1952 by Sarah Bradford

The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895-1952

Sarah Bradford

506 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

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The first major biography in over thirty years of the man who replaced Edward VIII on the empty British throne. After his older brother abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, the younger George (born Albert) assumed the throne at a crucial time in his...

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