A Royal Christmas / Jeremy Archer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Archer, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas--Great Britain--History.

Christmas.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Social life and customs.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (557 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Elliot & Thompson Ltd., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

?An easy to read treat for royal enthusiasts, skilfully assembled to highlight significant episodes in our history from the comic to the tragic ? informative and enjoyable" Sarah Bradford ?Jeremy Archer takes Christmas as his springboard and thus, in a series of fascinating vignettes, he brings to life many varied members of the Royal Family over two centuries." Hugo Vickers A Royal Christmas is a Christmas pudding of a book, enticingly full of silver threepenny pieces. Organised thematically, it covers such topics as Christmas and conflict in the 20th century, Christmas pastimes, festiv

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Medieval and Tudor Christmases; Christmas and the Commonwealth; Queen Charlotte's Christmas: The Hanoverian Influence; Young Victoria's Christmases; Queen Victoria and Her First Prime Minister; Christmas 1837; Christmas 1838; Christmas 1839; The Marriage of HM Queen Victoria with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony; Christmas 1840; Christmas 1841; Christmas 1847; Home for Christmas; Away at Christmas; The Duke of Edinburgh in India, 1869-70; The Prince of Wales in India, 1875-6

The Duchess of Teck in Florence, 1883-5Prince George with the Royal Navy at Malta, 1886; Prince George with the Royal Navy at Bermuda, 1890; Princess Beatrice in Egypt, 1903-4; The Prince and Princess of Wales in India, 1905-6; King George V and Queen Mary attend the Delhi Durbar, 1911; Prince Albert with the Royal Navy at Gibraltar, 1913; The Duke and Duchess of York on Safari in Kenya, 1924-5; Queen Mary at Badminton House, 1939-45; The Time of Gifts; Festive Feasts; Christmas 1815; Christmas 1844 - Windsor Castle; Christmas 1896 - Osborne House; The Lord Lieutenant's Woodcock Pie

Empire Christmas Pudding, 1927-8 106Christmas Pastimes; Observers' Royal Christmases; Lord Torrington at Windsor Castle, 1860; The Marquis of Lorne at Osborne House, 1890s; The Wigram Family at Sandringham, 1926 131; Faith, Hope and Charity: Fides, Spes et Caritas; Princess Charlotte of Wales at Claremont and Oatlands, 1816; The Gipsies at Claremont, 1836; Blankets and Provisions for the Poor People of Windsor, 1844; The Irish Potato Famine, 1846-7; The McDonald family in the Home Park, Windsor, 1850 and 1853; The Patriotic Fund, 1854-5

Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, 1868-9Queen Victoria's Tea, Windsor, 1899; Queen Victoria's New Year's Gift, 1899-1900; Christmas Provisions for King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, 1914; Princess Mary's Christmas Gift, 1914; Coal for the Old People of Windsor, 1921; The Mobile Canteen at Sandringham, 1941; Crisis at Christmas; The Death of Queen Victoria's King Charles Spaniel, Dash, 1840; Lord Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister, 1852; The Death of Charles, Prince of Leiningen, 1856; The Death of the Prince Consort, 1861; The Illness of the Prince of Wales, 1871

The Death of Princess Alice, 1878The Death of the German Emperor Frederick III, 1888; The Death of the Duke of Clarence, 1892; The Death of Queen Victoria, 1901; The Death of King Edward VII, 1910; The Illness of King George V, 1928; The Death of King George V, 1936; The Abdication Crisis, 1936; The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in London and at Sandringham, 2001; The Illness of the Duke of Edinburgh, 2011 204; Christmas and Conflict during the Long Reign of Queen Victoria; The Perennial Problem of Princes; Rights of Navigation on the Douro/Duero, 1840; The Crimean War, 1854-6

The Neuchâtel Question, 1856-7

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-908739-23-1

1-908739-25-8

OCLC:

823387162