George VI: the dutiful king
by Ziegler, Philip; George VI.
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BookSeries: Penguin monarchs.Publisher: Allen Lane 2014ISBN: 9780141977379; 014197737X.Classification number: 920 GEOSubject(s): George King of Great Britain 1895-1952 | Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- BiographySubject: If 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 admira
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If 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 admira
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