A Mid-Victorian Pepys
Author | : Sir William Hardman |
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Sir William Hardman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir William Hardman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Sir William Hardman |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Sir William Hardman |
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Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Mary Leslie Irwin |
Publisher | : New York : H.W. Wilson Company |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
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Author | : Raymond Lamont Brown |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2011-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752468995 |
A century after Queen Victoria's death, debate still rages surrounding her relationship with her gillie, John Brown. Were they ever married? What was the extraordinary hold he had over her? This biography aims to shed new light on these questions and to discover the truth behind Brown's hold on his royal employer. Following the death of Prince Albert in 1861, the Queen found solace in the companionship of John Brown, who had commenced his royal employment as a stable hand. He became "The Queen's Highland Servant" in 1865 and rose to be the most influential member of the Scottish Royal Household. While the Queen could be brusque and petulant with her servants, family and minsters, she submitted to Brown's fussy organisation of her domestic life, his bullying and familiarity without a murmur. Despite warnings of his unpopularity with her subjects by one Prime Minister, the Queen was adamant that Brown would not be sacked. The Queen's confidence was rewarded when Brown saved her from an assassination attempt, after which he was vaunted as a public hero. The author reveals the names of republicans and disaffected courtiers who related gossip about Queen Victoria and John Brown and their purported marriage and child, and identifies those who plotted to have Brown dismissed. Based on research in public, private and royal archives, as well as diaries and memoirs of those who knew Brown and interviews with his surviving relatives, this text analyses the relationship between Queen Victorian and Brown.
Author | : Graham Harding |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2021-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350202886 |
Winner of the 2022 OIV AWARD 2022 in the History category From its introduction to British society in the mid-17th century champagne has been a wine of elite celebration and hedonism. Champagne in Britain, 1800-1914 is the first book for over a century to study this iconic drink in Britain. Following the British wine market from 1800 to 1914, Harding shows how champagne was consumed by, branded for and marketed to British society. Not only did the champagne market form the foundations of the luxury market we know today, this book shows how it was integral to a number of 19th century social concerns such as the 'temperate turn', anxieties over adulteration and the increasingly prosperous British middle class. Using archival sources from major French producers such as Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Pommery & Greno alongside records from British distributors, newspapers, magazines and wine literature, Champagne in Britain shows how champagne became embedded in the habits of Victorian society. Illustrating the social and marketing dynamics that centered on champagne's luxury status, it reveals the importance of fashion as a driver of choice, the power of the label and the illusion of scarcity. It shows how, through the reach of imperial Britain, the British taste for Champagne spread across the globe and became a marker for status and celebration.