King George VI: His Life and Reign

by John Wheeler-Bennett

, xiii, 891 pages, with 36 illustrations including 4 in colour, plus folding Genealogical Table at the rear

Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction

906 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett GCVO CMG OBE FBA FRSL was a conservative English historian of German and diplomatic history, and the official biographer of King George VI. He was well known in his lifetime, and his interpretation of the role of the German Army influenced a number of British historians.

Reviews

[Chase Insteadman Mountbatten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four and a half stars to the book, five stars to the life of King George VI.

"If the 'greatness' of a King can be measured by the extent to which his qualities corrisponded to the needs of a nation at a given moment in history, then George VI was a great King, and perhaps a very great King."
René Massigli, Ambassador of France to the Court of St James's, 1952

[Russell Macphail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, After seeing the move " The King's Speech" I wanted to know more about King George V!. A very interesting man

[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

ngl I didn't think I was going to read this whole thing but nearly two weeks later...here we are