Jane Ridley, Lutyen’s great-granddaughter, is an historian at Buckingham University. Her books includeTHE LETTERS OF ARTHUR BALFOUR andLADY ELCHO, and a biography of the young Disraeli.
THE HEIR APPARENT chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name.