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HOWARTH , PATRICK: George Vi
Hutchinson 1987 first VG/VG 292pp several B & W photos 9 x 6 655g ¶ George VI became the king with more reluctance and dread than any monarch in English History. When his brothers abdication seemed likely he wrote "if the worst happens" he would do his best "to cleasr up the inevitable mess". The authors authoritative biography, drawing on newly released documents under the thiry year rule, shows how during George VI's reign he was transformed both as a man and as a King,and reveals for the first timehis powerful influence on events both in wartime and in peace.The result is a major revaluation of a much neglected monarch
Offered for GBP 10.00 = appr. US$ 19.90 by: Stort Books - Book number: 21889