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Royal households -- Great Britain -- History.
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Behind the throne : a domestic history of the British royal household / Adrian Tinniswood.
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Tinniswood, Adrian, author.
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2018.
Subjects
Royal households -- Great Britain -- History.
ISBN:
9780465094028 (hardcover) :
0465094023 (hardcover)
Description:
xii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction : black books and spangles -- Progress -- Behind the masque -- Diplomats and fools -- A court without a king -- We have called you gods -- The Catholic king -- Mrs Morley and Mrs Freeman -- Happy families -- An agitation of spirits -- Regent -- The respectable household -- After Albert -- Court circular -- That dear little man -- Secretaries -- Gloriana -- Affectionate memoirs -- Postscript : it's all to do with the training.
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"Monarchs : they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the alcohol bills. In Behind the Throne, historian Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the reality of five centuries of life at the English court, taking the reader on a remarkable journey from one Queen Elizabeth to another and exploring life as it was lived by clerks and courtiers and clowns and crowned heads: the power struggles and petty rivalries, the tension between duty and desire, the practicalities of cooking dinner for thousands and of ensuring the king always won when he played a game of tennis. A masterful and witty social history of five centuries of royal life, Behind the Throne offers a grand tour of England's grandest households"--
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941.0099 Ti
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