The heir apparent: a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince

Introduction: The eighty-nine steps

Youth.

Victoria and Albert 1841

"Our poor strange boy" 1841-56

'Neither fish nor flesh' 1856-60

Bertie's fall 1861

Marriage 1861-63

"Totally totally unfit .?.?. for ever becoming king" 1863-65

Alix's knee 1865-67

Marlborough House and Harriett Mordaunt 1868-70

Annus horribilis 1870-71

Expanding middle.

Resurrection? 1871-75

India 1875-76

The Aylesford scandal 1876

Lillie Langtry 1877-78

Prince Hal 1878-81

Prince of Pleasure 1881-87

William 1887-89

Scandal 1889-90

Nemesis 1890-92

Daisy Warwick 1892-96

"We are all in God's hands" 1897-01

King

King Edward the Caresser 1901-2

"Edward the Confessor number two" 1902

King Edward the peacemaker 1903-5

Uncle of Europe 1905-7

King Canute 1908-9

King of Trumps 1909-10

The people's king March-May 1910.