1033863The King is Dead, Long Live the King!https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/786319/7eba0883-8027-4ad6-8338-98146bbdc081.jpg?v=638336211277600000538656MXNHodder & StoughtonInStock/Ebooks/1027855The King is Dead, Long Live the King!538656https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/786319/7eba0883-8027-4ad6-8338-98146bbdc081.jpg?v=638336211277600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781529383324_W3siaWQiOiIwOWVlM2EzNi03ODRjLTRiMzctYTMyYS1lOTNkOTk3ZDcwZTYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjYzOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjExNSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1MjQsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781529383324_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 - 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 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. 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....(*_*)9781529383324_A Country Life Best Book of the Year 2023The Times Book of the Week 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 are. Compulsory reading. --- Dame Joanna LumleyA 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 Timesadroitly-written...[told by Williams] so skilfully, and with such silken prose, that its a pleasure to spend the time inside his head --- The Oldiedelightful details...to rekindle this vanished epoch --- Country LifeVivid, panoramic, skilfully written, this gripping book is an insight into a time and an age. --- Kate WilliamsMartin 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 Vickerswitty, informative and immensely readable... captures the spirit of the times. --- Miranda SeymourA tour de force. --- Dr Kate StrasdinWe 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 Muira 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 kings gradual demise in evocative detail. --- Air MailUnforgettable 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 - 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 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. 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....9781529383324_Hodder & Stoughtonlibro_electonico_0190cc07-e4e8-3614-a7cd-25c5f3c18614_9781529383324;9781529383324_9781529383324Martin WilliamsInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-d146d433-a89f-419b-95ee-01abe68f736f.epub2023-04-13T00:00:00+00:00Hodder & Stoughton