Ebook {Epub PDF} King George V: His Life And Reign by Harold Nicolson

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Setting out to write the official biography of George V in , Sir Harold Nicolson commented on the difficulties of describing his subject's life before he became King: ''He is all right as a. ↑ Harold Nicolson's diary quoted in Sinclair, p ↑ See Sinclair, pp ff for a full discussion ↑ This figure is given as 21 in some biographies ↑ Sir Harold Nicolson, King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign (Constable and Co., London, ) p ↑ The official website of the British Monarchy ↑ Nicolson, p George V's official biographer, Harold Nicolson, recalled its reception: "Those who actually heard the speech never forgot the intense conviction with which it was delivered or the emotion it.

King George the Fifth: his life and reign Item Preview King George the Fifth: his life and reign by Nicolson, Harold, Publication date Topics. King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign: Author: Harold Nicolson: Editor: Constable (). Edition: 2, illustrated: Publisher: Constable, ISBN: , Length: Two official biographies were commissioned of George V by his son George VI - one a personal memoir by John Gore, and this, a political biography by the minor diplomat and well-known writer Harold Nicholson. Well-written and generally balanced account, which conceals well the fact that Nicholson's opinion of his subject had often been fairly low. Does not match up to Kenneth Rose's much later biography, but an interesting comparison piece.