Coronation : a history of kingship and the British monarchy / Roy Strong
2005, First Edition. London : HarperCollinsPublishers. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #414885
ISBN: 0007160542
Physical description: xxxvii, 556 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 25 cm. Contents: Prologue : 1953 -- 1. The Lord's anointed -- 2. King and priest -- 3. Kingship and consent -- 4. Sacred monarchy -- 5. Crown imperial -- 6. From divinity to destruction -- 7. From reaction to revolution -- 8. Insubstantial pageants -- 9. Imperial epiphanies -- Epilogue : 2005. Subjects: Coronations Great Britain History; Couronnements Grande-Bretagne Histoire; Coronations; Kings and rulers; Monarchy Great Britain History; Monarchy England History; Pageants England History; Pageants Great Britain History; History; Peerage/Royalty; United Kingdom; Great Britain Kings and rulers; Great Britain.
Price: €30.00