Results for: books tagged ‘Monarchy’
Rain Charm for the Duchy: Ted Hughes
In 1984 Ted Hughes was made Poet Laureate. Since then, he has fulfilled his duties by writing a number of poems celebrating important royal occasions. These are major works, calling ... More
Protestant Dissent in Ireland 1687-1780: J. C. Beckett
During the Jacobite war of 1689-91 James II had no more determined enemies than the Irish presbyterians. But when protestant ascendancy in Ireland was restored under William III, they found ... More
May the Twelfth: Mass Observation
Mass Observation was founded by Tom Harrisson, Charles Madge and Humphrey Jennings in 1937. Its purpose was to create 'an anthropology of ourselves' in other words, to study the everyday ... More
Elizabeth in the Garden: Trea Martyn
The beguiling story of how Elizabeth I’s two great courtiers fought a lifelong duel for her affections - by creating ever more lavish gardens for their queen. More
The Smith of Smiths: Hesketh Pearson
Queen Victoria was amused! It may seem unlikely but the preface to this famous biography is given over to quotes from his contemporaries. Not all the quotes are favourable but ... More
The Habsburg Empire: C. A. Macartney
This book is a narrative history of the Austrian Monarchy from 1790 to its break-up in 1918. Its theme is the hundred-year struggle between the venerable dynastic empire which ruled ... More
The Cardinal King: Brian Fothergill
When the last and the most significant of the Jacobite uprisings, that of 1745, ended in disaster Prince Henry, the younger brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, was in his early ... More
Alexander I: Alan Palmer
As Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander I, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today mainly on three counts: as the ... More
Inglorious Rebellion: Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson
The Jacobite Rising of 1745 is well-known and much written about. Far less well-known are the three risings that preceded it, of 1708, 1715 and 1719. Although failures they are ... More
Twilight of the Habsburgs: Alan Palmer
Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Jerusalem, King of Bohemia, King of Dalmatia, King of Transylvania, King of Croatia and Slovenia, King of Galicia and Illyria, Grand ... More
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