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Edward VII

1841–1910

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India from 1901 until 1910. Known as Bertie within the royal family, he spent almost sixty years as Prince of Wales and developed extensive social and diplomatic connections across Europe.

His brief reign brought a more public and cosmopolitan style to the monarchy after the long Victorian period. He took an active interest in foreign relations and court culture, though the conduct of government remained firmly in ministerial hands.

Richard Davenport-Hines’ Edward VII (Penguin Monarchs) follows the prince’s long wait for the throne, his scandals, European social connections and comparatively short but active kingship. Peter Ackroyd’s Innovation opens its modern history with Edward’s accession and the political world of the Edwardian monarchy. C. W. Gortner’s The American Adventuress brings Jennie Jerome into the future king’s fashionable circle, showing the social world in which Edward exercised influence before 1901. David Field’s The Belvedere Scandal uses the opening of his reign as the setting for an aristocratic mystery. Charles Todd’s The Black Ascot looks back at the elaborate mourning and racing culture surrounding Edward’s death, when a notorious murder becomes inseparable from the public rituals of the late Edwardian court.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Edward VII (4 series)

Inspector Ian Rutledge in Order

by Charles Todd 25 books 4.4(51,052)

The Inspector Ian Rutledge series centres on a Scotland Yard detective who returns from the First World War with severe shell shock and the accusing voice of Corporal Hamish MacLeod in his mind. From rural estates and coastal villages to London streets and ancient religious sites, Rutledge investigates…

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Morland Dynasty in Order

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 36 books 4.4(27,265)

The Morland Dynasty is a thirty-six-book family saga tracing the fictional Morlands of Yorkshire from 1434 to the approach of the Second World War. Beginning with the marriage of Robert Morland and Eleanor, a ward of the Beaufort family, the sequence follows successive generations as Morland Place grows…

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Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries in Order

by Gyles Brandreth 7 books 4.3(4,701)

The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries turn the writer and wit Oscar Wilde into an amateur detective, usually working beside Arthur Conan Doyle. Set between 1883 and 1897, the seven novels combine fictional crimes with people, places and episodes drawn from Wilde’s life, moving through Victorian London, theatrical Paris,…

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The Esther & Jack Enright Mysteries in Order

by David Field 13 books 4.3(8,301)

The Esther & Jack Enright Mysteries follow seamstress-turned-investigator Esther and police officer Jack Enright from the Whitechapel murders of 1888 into the early Edwardian period. Assisted—and frequently endangered—by Jack’s unconventional uncle Percy, the family investigates murder, corruption, political conspiracy and crimes ignored by official institutions. The thirteen novels…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Edward VII (1 book)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Edward VII (2 books)

Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.