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Original publisher’s blue paper-covered boards hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: x, 342pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Very fine copy., We are not used to thinking of King Edward VII as a political Figure. In popular historical memory he is playboy, womaniser, gambler, sybarite. Yet in Simon Heffer’s view it is time we took him more seriously….Edward’s influence was enormous. As Heffer Points out, the extent of his power and authority can be measured by the speed with which, after his death, great changes were made to the prerogative powers of the throne.