The perfect summer : England 1911, just before the storm / Juliet Nicolson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolson, Juliet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social structure.

History.

Social classes.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Great Britain.

Manners and customs.

Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936.

Social classes--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Social conditions.

Social structure--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2006]

Summary:

"The Perfect Summer "chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson's rich storytelling gifts rivet us with the sights, colors, and feelings of a bygone era. That summer of 1911 a new king was crowned and the aristocracy was at play, bounding from one house party to the next. But perfection was not for all. Cracks in the social fabric were showing. The country was brought to a standstill by industrial strikes. Temperatures rose steadily to more than 100 degrees; by August deaths from heatstroke were too many for newspapers to report. Drawing on material from intimate and rarely seen sources and narrated through the eyes of a series of exceptional individuals -- among them a debutante, a choirboy, a politician, a trade unionist, a butler, and the Queen -- "The Perfect Summer" is a vividly rendered glimpse of the twilight of the Edwardian era.

Notes:

Originally published: London : John Murray, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

ISBN:

0802118461

9780802118462

OCLC:

76836228

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