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Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Hampton Court Palace has been a locus of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In this rich and vivid history, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, in each chapter focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home. Beginning with the Tudors, Russell takes the reader from the bustling kitchens of Henry VII and the unfulfilled dreams of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I's brush...
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First Carroll & Graf edition.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the world's most famous house and the story of its vital role in the history of a nation In this social history of Buckingham Palace, Edna Healey mines the royal archives to take the reader into its moonlit gardens, up the grand staircase, and inside its tapestried walls. Dr. Johnson again holds forth in the library, Queen Victoria encores Mendelssohn in the music room, and in the royal chambers Fanny Burney wrestles once more with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will marvel at the beauty of Buckingham Palace, while learning about its history, location, many rooms, current inhabitants, and art. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the palace's cultural history. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Take a spectacular tour of four of Britain's most beautiful stately homes with this gorgeous DVD and book presentation: Highclere Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Althorp, and Chatsworth. And in Secrets of the Manor House, discover the realities of 'upstairs-downstairs' life and what it was like behind the 'green baize door.' Be transported back in time to the sumptuous world of Britain's greatest treasure houses!
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
For more than 200 years the younger members of the British royal family - including future monarchs - have lived at Kensington Palace, alongside royal aunts and uncles, distant cousins and assorted aristocratic eccentrics. Kensington Palace has been the scene of countless bizarre events - here, for example, the young Queen Victoria was held a virtual prisoner for eighteen years; and it was from Kensington Palace that Queen Caroline ran the country...
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