The King Maker

Author : Geordie Greig

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 23 September 2014

ISBN : 9781497638808

Price : €25.68

Description

â?oA treasure trove that throws new and entertaining lightâ?? on the friendship between the WWII-era king and the man who inspired The Kingâ?Ts Speech (The Times, London). Louis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician, and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert, the man who became King George VI and whose challenges were so vividly brought to life in the award-winning filmA The Kingâ?Ts Speech.A Greigâ?Ts influence helped to guide the prince from a stammering, shy schoolboy to become one of the most respected constitutional monarchs, seeing the nation through the Second World War and bringing the monarchy closer to the people.A Geordie Greig, grandson of Louis Greig, has drawn on private family papers and public archives to reveal an intimate friendship that lasted almost half a century.

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