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The Real Edward VII
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Websites
King Edward VII: Evil Demiurge of the Triple Entente
www.cs.columbia.edu/~radev/bulgaria/archive/tripleentente.archive
An informative, if hyperbolic, critique of Edward VII's diplomatic achievements.
State Opening of Parliament
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_521000/521107.stm
Details of the ceremony revived by Edward VII on his accession; an English
ritual, invented in 1852.
Basic Baccarat
www.gamblingtimes.com/school_articles/baccarat_1.html
All about Edward VII's favourite game.
Books
Edward and Alexandra by Richard Hough (Hodder & Stoughton,
1994) £6.99
Comprehensive and uncritical account of the royal couple's lives and times.
Edward VII's Last Loves by Raymond Lamont-Brown (Sutton, 2001)
£9.99
Biographical study of Edward's mistresses Anne Keppel and Agnes Keyser.
The Warwickshire Scandal by Elizabeth Hamilton (Pan, 2000) £9.99
Account of Harriet Mordaunt's claimed liaison with Edward by a descendant of her family.
Power and Place by Simon Heffer (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998)
£20
Controversial account of the political influence exercised by Edward VII.
East Lynne by Mrs Henry Wood (Everyman, 1994) £2.99
'Gone! And never called me Mother!' The classic Victorian melodrama which
was Edward's favourite book.
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