Coronation A History of Kingship and the British Monarchy

Name: Coronation A History of Kingship and the British Monarchy
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ISBN: 9780007160549

ISBN-10: 0007160542

ISBN-13: 9780007160549

Edition: 2005

Authors: Roy Strong

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The definitive history of Coronation and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation. What do people talk most about? A Coronation. What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation.' HORACE WALPOLE, 1761As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the greatest public event of the century. But now, so many years later, many people have little notion of what a coronation is and are unaware of the rich resonances of the ritual, or its deep significance in terms of the committal of monarch to people.This book is the first of its kind -a…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 4.444
Language: English

Sir Roy Strong is a writer, historian, broadcaster, diarist and gardener.



Prologue : 1953


The Lord's anointed


King and priest


Kingship and consent


Sacred monarchy


Crown imperial


From divinity to destruction


From reaction to revolution


Insubstantial pageants


Imperial epiphanies


Epilogue : 2005