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Prince Eddy - The King Britain Never Had (Paperback)
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Prince Eddy - The King Britain Never Had (Paperback)
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Loot Price R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
You Save R42 (9%)
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Prince Albert Victor, King Edward Vll's (r. 1901-10) first son and
heir to the throne, popularly known as Eddy, has virtually been
airbrushed out of history. Eddy was as popular and charismatic a
figure in his own time as Princess Diana a century later. As in her
case, his sudden death in 1892 resulted in public demonstrations of
grief on a scale rarely seen at the time, and it was even rumored
(as in the case of Diana) that he was murdered to save him
besmirching the monarchy. Had he lived, he would have been crowned
king in 1911, ushering in a profoundly different style of monarchy
from that of his younger brother, who ultimately succeeded as the
stodgy George V. Eddy's life was virtually ignored by historians
until the 1970s, when myths began to accumulate and his character
somehow grew horns and a tail. As a result, he is remembered today
primarily as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 and
for his alleged involvement in the Cleveland Street homosexual
scandal of 1889. But history has found Eddy guilty of crimes he did
not commit. Now, for the first time, using modern forensic evidence
combined with Eddy's previously unseen records, personal
correspondence, and photographs, Andrew Cook proves his innocence.
"Prince Eddy" reveals the truth about a key royal figure, a man who
would have made a fine king, and changed the face of the British
monarchy.
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