King George VI.

In 1958 John Wheeler-Bennett produced an extensive and authoritative life of King George VI, for which he received a knighthood in the Victorian Order. Now, over thirty years later, Sarah Bradford has written a second major biography in her King George VI (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989; pp. xiv + 506. |pounds~18.95). She also has received assistance in her work from both the Queen and the Queen Mother; but she has extended the range of her sources far beyond what was possible for Sir John. In particular she traces with care the new evidence relating to the King's attitude to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, whom he always regarded, not without reason, as posing a threat to …