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Arkansas Books and Materials
Author | : Arkansas Library Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Arkansas |
ISBN | : |
British History: Classification schedule. Classified listing by call number. Chronological listing
Author | : Harvard University. Library |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
George V (Penguin Monarchs)
Author | : David Cannadine |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2014-12-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 014197690X |
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an effective war-leader and inventor of 'the House of Windsor'. In an era of ever greater media coverage--frequently filmed and initiating the British Empire Christmas broadcast--George became for 25 years a universally recognised figure. He was also the only British monarch to take his role as Emperor of India seriously. While his great rivals (Tsar Nicolas and Kaiser Wilhelm) ended their reigns in catastrophe, he plodded on. David Cannadine's sparkling account of his reign could not be more enjoyable, a masterclass in how to write about Monarchy, that central--if peculiar--pillar of British life.
Widener Library Shelflist: British history
Author | : Harvard University. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
ISBN | : |
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library, 1936-1940
Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1376 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Best books |
ISBN | : |
George VI
Author | : Sarah Bradford |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0241968232 |
THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE VI, THE HERO OF THE KING'S SPEECH George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation. George was unprepared for kingship, suffering from a stammer which could make public occasions very painful for him. Moreover he had grown up in the shadow of his brother, a man who had been idolized as no royal prince has been, before or since. However, as Sarah Bradford shows in this sympathetic biography, although George was not born to be king, he died a great one. 'A triumph . . . Sarah Bradford looks set to inherit Lady Longford's mantle as royal biographer supreme' Mail on Sunday 'Lucid, convincing and admirably fair . . . George VI has been fortunate in his biographer' Philip Ziegler 'Vivid, thorough and enjoyable' Independent