George VI

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE VI, THE HERO OF THE KING''S SPEECH

George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother''s abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation. George was unprepared for kingship, suffering from a stammer which could ...