George Vi

George Vi by Bradford, Sarah. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780241956090.

The definitive biography of George VI, the hero of The Kings Speech George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brothers abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. George was unprepared for kingship, suffering from a stammer which could make public occasions very painful for him. Moreover he had grown up in the shadow of his brother, a man who had been idolized as no royal prince has been, before or since. However, as Sarah Bradford shows in this sympathetic biography, although George was not born to be king, he died a great one. A triumph ... Sarah Bradford looks set to inherit Lady Longfords mantle as royal biographer supreme Mail on Sunday Lucid, convincing and admirably fair ... George VI has been fortunate in his biographer Philip Ziegler Vivid, thorough and enjoyable Independent Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. Her books include Cesare Borgia (1976), Disraeli (1982), winner of the New York Times Book of the Year, Princess Grace (1984), Sacherevell Sitwell (1993), Elizabeth: A Biography of Her Majesty the Queen (1996), Americas Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2000), Lucrezia Borgia (2005) and Diana (2007).She lives in London and is married to the 8th Viscount Bangor. She is currently working on a full scale biography of Queen Victoria.