The King is dead, long live the King! : majesty, mourning and modernity in Edwardian Britain
Williams, Martin2023
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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 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. 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. 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.
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Author:
Williams, Martin, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
Collation:
xi, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529383317 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.082309941.0823092941.082 WILLB EDWB
Language:
English
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BRN:
2349201
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