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020 $a9780141977379 (hbk.)
020 $a014197737X (hbk.)
020 $z9780141977386$q(ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn903323767
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050 00 $aDA584$b.Z54 2014
082 04 $a941.084092$223
100 1 $aZiegler, Philip,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGeorge VI :$bthe dutiful king /$cPhilip Ziegler.
264 1 $aLondon, England :$bAllen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books,$c2014.
300 $a93 pages :$billustrations (black and white) ;$c19 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
366 $b20141204$cIP
490 1 $aPenguin monarchs
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 85-90) and index.
520 8 $aIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life he dedicated himself to the pursuit of what he thought he ought to be doing rather than what he wanted to do. Inarticulate and loathing any sort of public appearances, he accepted that it was his destiny to figure regularly and conspicuously in the public eye, gritted his teeth, largely conquered his crippling stammer and got on with it. He was not born to be king, but he made an admirable one, and was the figurehead of the nation at the time of its greatest trial, during the Second World War. This is an enjoyable book about him --$cSource other than Library of Congress.
505 0 $aMachine generated contents note: GEORGE VI -- 1. Youth -- 2. Duke of York -- 3. Abdication -- 4. Becoming the King -- 5. The King at War -- 6. The Final Years.
600 00 $aGeorge$bVI,$cKing of Great Britain,$d1895-1952.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yGeorge VI, 1936-1952.
776 08 $iEbook version$z9780141977386
830 0 $aPenguin monarchs.