Download or read book The British Monarchy Miscellany written by Alex David and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was the first king of England? And the youngest monarch on accession? Which kings had illegitimate children? How many royal residences are there? How do you tell a Grenadier Guard from a Coldstream Guard? The British Monarchy Miscellany is a royal reference with a twist that sets out to answer all these curious questions, and many more associated with the world's most famous monarchy. Extensively researched with an eye for accuracy, and covering 1,000 years of royal history, this unique book is over 110,000 words long, and works both as a basic factual reference and a collection of fascinating trivia. Basic reference tools include individual facts sheets on each monarch from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, basic facts on all royal consorts, plus chapters on the monarchy's relation to government, to the law, to the church and to the armed forces. Facts and trivia include rankings on the longest-living monarchs and consorts; causes of death of each monarch; royal mistresses; haemophilia in the Royal Family; Crown Jewels and personal jewels of the Royal Family; royal artists and writers; films on royal history; famous royal pets; and much more! The British Monarchy Miscellany is a book you will treasure: an invaluable resource for those new to the subject, and an indulgent delight for those who are already passionate about the British monarchy.
Download or read book We Are Amused written by Brian Hoey and published by Jr Books Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Queen hold a drivers license and did she pass a test? What happens to the hundreds of boxes of chocolate people send Her Majesty on her birthday? These questions and more are answered in a practical miscellany of the royal family. Interest in the royal family is inexhaustible—people are curious about what they wear, drink, and do. This perfect companion to the royals' never-ending soap opera reveals all, from where the best places are to go to see the royal family to such details of tradition as the correct days and hours when it is permitted to fly a flag above Buckingham Palace. Including fascinating facts on abdication, birthdays, Christmas, dining, equerries, fashion, garden parties, hairdressers, insignia, the Jewel House, Kensington Palace, liveries, maids of honor, nannies, orbs, protection squads, the Queen’s piper, racing, Snowdon, tartans, the Union Jack, Queen Victoria, weddings, the x-ray machine at Buckingham Palace, yachts, and Zara Phillips, this is an unstoppable, unbeatable little guide to the British monarchy.
Download or read book Royalty Revealed written by Brian Hoey and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're not like us, the royals. Or are they? This is the definitive compendium of new and little-known facts about the British royal family.
Download or read book Royalty in Quotes written by Ammonite Press and published by Ammonite Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many of the British Royal family's words can be kind, compassionate, thought-provoking, self-deprecating, profound and amusing, they can also be arrogant, ignorant, tactless, offensive and downright batty. With the aid of almost 200 photographs, this book takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the ramblings of Britain's Royals.
Download or read book Modern Monarchy written by Chris Jackson and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer Chris Jackson has been by the Royal family's side on domestic visits and overseas tours for the past fifteen years, resulting in an unparalleled photographic archive of the evolving British Royal family. Occupying a front-row seat to history, Jackson's assignments have taken him to the four corners of the Earth to document the extraordinary breadth and devotion of the Royals to causes such as cancer research, mental health, and HIV awareness in Africa. In his own words in captions and texts, he reveals the magic as well as the logistics of what it's like to photograph the Royal family. The result is this unique collection of photographs of the modern British Royal Family the archive of this multi-award winning Royal Photographer and current Royal Photographer of the Year. From the modern-day fairy tale of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding to the births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte and their soon-to-be new sibling to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's historic marriage to countless Royal tours in between, this book presents the British Monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II, its most enduring icon, through the lens of one of its most trusted photographers. Whether it's Prince George's first day of school, the Duchess of Cambridge playing cricket in Mumbai, or the Invictus Games, Jackson records moments both large and small with a warmth and sincerity that has made him a media standout. Organized by theme, from State Occasions to Charity works to a typical year in the Royal Diary, this book celebrates fifteen years of the Royals in intimate portraits of a singular family's role on the world stage at a unique moment in time.
Download or read book The British Magazine and Review Or Universal Miscellany written by and published by . This book was released on 1783-05 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crown Sceptre written by Tracy Borman and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the British monarchy that’s “a superb synthesis of historical analysis, politics, and top-notch royal gossip” (Kirkus Reviews). Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England’s various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain’s throne. “Shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue’s gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs,” as Tracy Borman describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the throne’s occupant been unambiguously English—whether Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day. Acknowledging the intrinsic fascination with British royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, more ceremonially reigned. It is a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the monarchy as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and opinions of its people, avoiding the storms of rebellion that brought many of Europe’s royals to an abrupt end. Richard II; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; George III; Victoria; Elizabeth II: their names evoke eras and the dramatic events Borman recounts. She is equally attuned to the fabric of monarchy: royal palaces; the way monarchs have been portrayed in art, on coins, in the media; the ceremony and pageantry surrounding the crown. Elizabeth II is already one of the longest reigning monarchs in history. Crown & Sceptre is a fitting tribute to her remarkable longevity and that of the magnificent institution she represents. “Crown & Sceptre brings us in short, vivid chapters from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth herself, much of it constituting a dark record of bumping off adversaries, rivals and spouses, confiscating vast estates and military invasions…. [A] lucid, character-rich book.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Borman’s deep understanding of English royalty shines.” —Chris Schluep, Amazon Editors’ Picks, The Best History Books of February 2022
Download or read book Schott s Original Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2003-08-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia. What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze? Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe? Where else but Schott's Original Miscellany will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple? A book like no other, Schott's Original Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.
Download or read book The Literary Miscellany written by and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Harleian Miscellany written by William Oldys and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Weekly Miscellany of Literature Art and Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Tip of My Tongue written by David Gentle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Yogi Bear's girlfriend? What links gazpacho soup with revenge? List the nine activities which are traditionally forbidden in public swimming pools. What does the Mona Lisa have in her left hand? List the ten ways in which a batsman may be dismissed in a game of cricket. What links the words "almost" and "biopsy"? On the Tip of My Tongue will take you from the natural world to notorious ships and novelty records, from the arts to advertising slogans and airport codes, from science and sport to scandals and space shuttles, from historical events to Hogwarts and Hitchcock and from popular culture to platonic solids and poker hands. It's a quiz book with a difference. As well as attempting to answer thousands of brain-twisting questions, you'll be asked to recall as many items as you can from a list, and to solve the hidden links between groups of questions. While you're struggling to find the right responses, you'll also be reading anecdotes, comments and curious facts. It can be played with family, friends, enemies - or on your own. But however you want to play it, you're sure to suffer the hopeless frustration of finding the next answer is ... On the Tip of My Tongue.
Download or read book A Miscellaneous Collection of Poems Songs and Epigrams written by T Mosse and published by . This book was released on 1721 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miscellany Songs and rhymes Index written by Thomas Paine and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Magnificent Monarch written by Anna Keay and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Keay brings fresh insight into the daily life of Charles II and identifies how he cultivated a powerful reputation of both himself and monarchy in Britain.
Download or read book Reynolds s Miscellany of Romance General Literature Science and Art written by George William MacArthur Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
