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The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain
Buch von Martin Williams
Sprache: Englisch

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"Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII - glamorous, cosmopolitan and extraordinarily popular - died in May 1910, the political, social and cultural anxieties of a nation in turmoil were temporarily set aside during a summer of intense and ritualised mourning. In The King is Dead, Long Live the King! Martin Williams charts a period of tension and transition as one era slipped away and another took shape. Witnessed by a diverse but interconnected cast of characters - crowned heads and Cabinet ministers, debutantes and suffragettes, artists and murderers - here is the swansong of Edwardian Britain. Set against a backdrop of bereavement and parliamentary crisis overshadowed by the gathering clouds of war, we see a people caught between past and future, tradition and modernity, as they unite to bid farewell to a much-loved monarch who had personified his age. From Buckingham Palace to Bloomsbury, and from the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall to a now legendary Royal Ascot enveloped in black, this is a vivid evocation of a world on the brink of seismic upheaval"--Publisher's description.
"Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII - glamorous, cosmopolitan and extraordinarily popular - died in May 1910, the political, social and cultural anxieties of a nation in turmoil were temporarily set aside during a summer of intense and ritualised mourning. In The King is Dead, Long Live the King! Martin Williams charts a period of tension and transition as one era slipped away and another took shape. Witnessed by a diverse but interconnected cast of characters - crowned heads and Cabinet ministers, debutantes and suffragettes, artists and murderers - here is the swansong of Edwardian Britain. Set against a backdrop of bereavement and parliamentary crisis overshadowed by the gathering clouds of war, we see a people caught between past and future, tradition and modernity, as they unite to bid farewell to a much-loved monarch who had personified his age. From Buckingham Palace to Bloomsbury, and from the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall to a now legendary Royal Ascot enveloped in black, this is a vivid evocation of a world on the brink of seismic upheaval"--Publisher's description.
Über den Autor
Martin Williams is a social and art historian. He has worked at Christie's, Bonhams and Sotheby's Institute of Art and is a regular contributor to Country Life.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781529383317
ISBN-10: 1529383315
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Williams, Martin
Hersteller: Hodder & Stoughton
Maße: 243 x 164 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 126454972
Über den Autor
Martin Williams is a social and art historian. He has worked at Christie's, Bonhams and Sotheby's Institute of Art and is a regular contributor to Country Life.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781529383317
ISBN-10: 1529383315
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Williams, Martin
Hersteller: Hodder & Stoughton
Maße: 243 x 164 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 126454972
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