- Published: 30 August 2012
- ISBN: 9781448161119
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 640
Bertie: A Life of Edward VII
- Published: 30 August 2012
- ISBN: 9781448161119
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 640
A fascinating and compulsively entertaining biography... Ridley’s research is woven through the book, often with considerable humour, illuminating not only the life of a king, but those of his family, friends and lovers... A vibrantly atmospheric portrait
Juliet Nicholson, Daily Telegraph
A model of how royal biographies should be written... impeccably researched, with much new material, balanced, sensible, disrespectful without being offensive, funny, and a vivid portrait of one of Britain’s most underrated and understudied monarchs
Philip Ziegler, Spectator (Books of the Year)
Brilliantly entertaining… Richly detailed, impeccably researched… Written with a light touch and full of human sympathy… A landmark royal biography
Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph
Hugely entertaining from first page to last... It is also scholarly and revealing
Miriam Gross, Evening Standard (Books of the Year)
Paints the story of Edward VII and his long, hectic life as Prince of Wales in vivid colours: no scandal is left unturned, and yet the depth and authenticity of the research make it clear that this is a serious, even magesterial work
Antonia Fraser, Sunday Telegraph (Books of the Year)
Profoundly learned and a cracking good read
AN Wilson, Spectator
Richly colourful and wittily observed
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Ridley has written a marvellous biography. Her book is racy and pacy, filled with delicious descriptions of grand Edwardian shooting parties, cutting-edge fashion and, of course, a string of beautiful society women. But she is never trivial, and nor is her Bertie
Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday
This is not only the best biography of King Edward VII; it’s also the best book about royalty ever published… Vivid, detailed and original
Piers Brendon, Independent