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Darling Georgie : the enigma of King George V / Dennis Friedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Dennis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936.
- George.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 235 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chester Springs : Peter Owen Publishers ; Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions, 1998.
- Summary:
- DENNIS FRIEDMAN, psychiatrist and author of Inheritance: A Psychological History of the Royal Family, turns his acute gaze on our present Queen's grandfather, King George V (1865-1936), to take a closer look at the man behind the monarch. Taking as his starting point the widely held belief that the personality and behaviour of parents and grandparents have a powerful influence on the children and grandchildren -- and even great-grandchildren -- Dr Friedman's insightful biography persuasively argues that the psychologically damaging upbringing to which George was subjected profoundly affected his later life and that the effects of this are still evident in today's Royal Family.
- A suffocating relationship with his mother, Princess Alexandra, compounded by the absence and neglect of his father, caused him to suffer extreme separation anxiety as a child, which was reinforced by his being sent away to boarding school at the age of eleven and then into the Navy. The author examines the effects of this rigid and traditional royal upbringing on his sexual development, on his marriage to Princess May of Teck (later Queen Mary) and on his subsequent years on the throne.
- History depicts George V as a model husband, a near-perfect father and a self-confident monarch. Dr Friedman's study of his personal life reveals a very different picture.
- Notes:
- Geneological tables on end papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0720610710
- OCLC:
- 40883700
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