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The last hurrah : South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947 / Graham Viney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Viney, Graham, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952--Travel--South Africa.
- George.
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002--Travel--South Africa.
- Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022--Travel--South Africa.
- Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002--Travel--South Africa.
- Margaret.
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022.
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002.
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952.
- Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002.
- Royal visitors.
- Visits of state.
- Travel.
- South Africa--Description and travel.
- South Africa.
- Visits of state--South Africa--20th century.
- Royal visitors--South Africa--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Johannesburg ; Cape Town : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2018.
- Contents:
- Dramatis personae
- Introduction
- Arrival
- The state opening of Parliament and the question of the imperial connection
- The whistlestop tour : a mid-century royal progress across the veld
- Bloemfontein and the braai at Bultfontein : Afrikaans vs English-speaking in the Free State
- Race, empire, politics and agendas : Eshowe, Durban and Currie's Fountain
- A state banquet in Pretoria : the Transvaal capital receives the Royal Family
- Johannesburg : 'Becher's Brook, second time round
- Tea with Ouma
- Tea at Vergelegen
- The coming of age of the Heiress Presumptive : gently towards a new multiracial Commonwealth
- Gone with the southeaster
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781868429240
- 1868429245
- OCLC:
- 1073018992
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