Edward the Rake

by John George Pearson

Book Overview

Growing up in the supreme moral rigour of Queen Victoria's court, young Bertie was always going to find it hard to live up to his parents' expectation. He was far from a brilliant student, and though charming, his carnal inclinations were widely rumoured to have sped up his Father's decline, with Prince Albert dying a mere two weeks after Bertie spent three nights with an actress who had been smuggled into his military camp. He waited almost sixty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448208033
• ISBN13: 9781448208036
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"