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"In his sixtieth year, he had a full-time job for the first time in his life." England's King Edward VII (1841–1910) has often been dismissed as a not-too-bright womanizer and wastrel, an opinion his parents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, shared. In this well-researched and very entertaining biography, Ridley (history, Buckingham Univ.; Young Disraeli: 1804–1846) offers a nuanced portrait of a man who was more than a glutton, gambler, and unfaithful husband. Ridley makes a convincing case th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More