The Prince and the Lily Author:James Brough Spanning three continents and two eras, here is the story of the love affair between the playboy Prince of Wales, Edward VII, and Lilly Langtry, the greatest international beauty of her day. Together they set a new standard of splendor and sensuality for an entire era -- the golden Edwardian Age. — He was "Bertie," Prince of Wales... more », a connoisseur of wine, haute cuisine, fast horses, and beautiful women -- a man with a gigantic appetite for life and power. She was "the Jersey Lily," a country girl from the Isle of Jersey, chafing in a marriage of convenience to an Irish provincial and ambitious to scale the heights of London society at whatever price. « less