{"product_id":"9780099574323","title":"Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Clarke, Stephen \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/04\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099574323,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle,  by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans and can-can dancers. He spoke French more elegantly than English. He was the first ever guest to climb the Eiffel Tower with Gustave Eiffel, in defiance of an official English ban on  his visit. He turned his French seduction skills into the diplomatic prowess that sealed the Entente Cordiale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quintessentially English king? Pas du tout! Stephen Clarke argues that as 'Dirty Bertie', Edward learned all the essentials in life from the French.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697383243820,"sku":"9780099574323","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099574323_fa24ac3e-654e-4879-81c3-05302562272b.jpg?v=1759676600","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780099574323","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}