George V (Penguin Monarchs)

Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, Visiting Professor at Oxford University and the editor of the National Dictionary of Biography . His major works include The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , Ornamentalism , Class in Britain and Mellon: An American Life . He is the general editor of two major series: The Penguin History of Britain and The Penguin History of Europe . At the Summit of the World? is his volume in the former series.