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The King is Dead, Long Live the King! (inbunden, eng)
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The Times Book of the Week
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''I could read Martin Williams all day. He is a staggeringly communicative historian; this book throws shafts of light on recent history almost repeating itself, giving vivid glimpses into monarchy and the way things were, and areCompulsory reading.'' --- Dame Joanna Lumley
''A social historian and gifted storyteller, Williams is by turns moved and amused as he reflects on the poignancy and rituals of a nation united (pretty much) in grief...'' --- The Times
''adroitly-written...[told by Williams] so skilfully, and with such silken prose, that it''s a pleasure to spend the time inside his head'' --- The Oldie
''delightful details...to rekindle this vanished epoch'' --- Country Life
''Vivid, panoramic, skilfully written, this gripping book is an insight into a time and an age'' --- Kate Williams
''Martin Williams has written a fascinating and absorbing account of the Edwardian era, the demise and funeral of the King, and the iconic Black Ascot that followed it. He has brought a lost age grippingly to light''. --- Hugo Vickers
''witty, informative and immensely readable..captures the spirit of the times''. --- Miranda Seymour
''A tour de force''. --- Dr Kate Strasdin
''We tend to think that Cecil Beaton single-handedly invented the Edwardian Age. Martin Williams shows us succinctly and elegantly that perhaps it was the King himself.'' --- Nicky Haslam
''.. moves with unflagging wit and style. A fresh perspective on a brilliant life and a lost era beautifully evoked, it is impossible not to be swept away by this gem of a book. Pure pleasure.'' --- Robin Muir
''a must-have... a wonderful and thought-provoking read.'' --- The Historian
''...a book about a changed and changing world trying to cope with even more change...beautifully written [and] timely'' --- The Catholic Herald
''...resonates powerfully with our own recent experience of collective mourning...Williams describes the king''s gradual demise in evocative detail.'' --- Air Mail
Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedentWhen 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 shapeWitnessed 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.
Format Inbunden Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Hodder & Stoughton Utgivningsdatum 2023-04-13 ISBN 9781529383317
Vikt, gram
500
Artikel.nr.
6da6033f-97ec-4195-a9d4-0849c22ae4f9
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Hodder & Stoughton
The King is Dead, Long Live the King! (inbunden, eng)
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