The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain PDF Download
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain PDF full book. Access full book title The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain by Charles Phillips. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Charles Phillips Publisher: Lorenz Books ISBN: 9780754833673 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A magnificent study of Britain's royal heritage with a directory of royalty and over 120 of the most important historic buildings, all shown in over 1000 colour images
Author: Charles Phillips Publisher: Lorenz Books ISBN: 9780754833673 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A magnificent study of Britain's royal heritage with a directory of royalty and over 120 of the most important historic buildings, all shown in over 1000 colour images
Author: Charles Phillips Publisher: ISBN: 9781846816000 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Over 500 photographs, fine art paintings, sculptures, family trees and maps reveal the heritage and pageantry of royal Britain"--Cover
Author: Christopher Cannon Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0745654762 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Author: Charles Phillips Publisher: Lorenz Books ISBN: 9780754835578 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated and fully updated edition, Charles Phillips charts the complete history of the royal families of Britain.
Author: Simon Hall Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135934851 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 416
Book Description
The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the people, events, and ideas that have shaped Britain from prehistory to the present day. The editors have also sought to convey the truth that history is more than simply a compilation of facts from the past. The editors have included as much factual information as possible in each A-Z entry, and numerous tables and statistics are included, as well as many specially-created maps and plans. The chronological relationships of past events and lives are conveyed through various detailed subject chronologies (attached to the relevant A-Z entries). A large thematic chronology, following the A-Z text, provides a visual reference to the relationship between the events of British/Irish history and events elsewhere in the world. And the cultural context of as many entries as possible has been brought to life via a wide range of illustrations, which provide a wealth of visual detail and, often, a key to past conceptions. Interspersed in the text are 21 specially commissioned, extended feature articles from noted historians that provide the analysis and the sense of the broad sweep of history that would otherwise be impossible to convey in an A-Z reference book.
Author: Robert Jobson Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK ISBN: 9781785216657 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The Royal Family of the United Kingdom is one of the most instantly recognized institutions in the world. Since the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned in 1952, it has undergone a huge amount of cultural and social change, but over the course of many decades the Royal Family has continued to play an important role in British society. The Royal Family Operations Manual, written by royal expert and correspondent Robert Jobson, offers a complete examination of a very British institution, looking behind the scenes at the current heirs of a kingdom that has been ruled nearly uninterruptedly by a monarch since 774AD. Chapters include explanations of the: Windsor bloodline, family tree and personalities Their royal residences, palaces and country retreats Military connections Charity work Annual engagements Royal finances, including facts and statistics on personal incomes, state salaries and business interests Births, marriages and deaths State ceremonies, such as the opening of parliament, the Christmas address, trooping the colours and the elaborate hosting of foreign dignitaries. The book also includes throughout fascinating behind the scenes details on staff, domestic rituals, personalities, pets, family gatherings and other inside information. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of the people, places and events of the past 150 years, this book makes a fitting celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign as she nears 70 years on the throne.