Bibliograph

George VI, the dutiful king, Philip Ziegler

Type

Label

George VI, the dutiful king, Philip Ziegler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-90) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

George VI

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

903323767

Responsibility statement

Philip Ziegler

Series statement

Penguin monarchs

Sub title

the dutiful king

Summary

If Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life he dedicated himself to the pursuit of what he thought he ought to be doing rather than what he wanted to do. Inarticulate and loathing any sort of public appearances, he accepted that it was his destiny to figure regularly and conspicuously in the public eye, gritted his teeth, largely conquered his crippling stammer and got on with it. He was not born to be king, but he made an admirable one, and was the figurehead of the nation at the time of its greatest trial, during the Second World War. This is an enjoyable book about him

Table Of Contents

Youth -- Duke of York -- Abdication -- Becoming the King -- The King at war -- The final years

Target audience

adult

Classification