Crown Orb And Sceptre

Author : David Hilliam
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752470795
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crown, Orb and Sceptre written by David Hilliam and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coronations are very public occasions, typically seen as meticulously planned formal ceremonies where everything runs smoothly. But behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey lie extraordinary but true stories of mayhem, confusion and merriment. In this book we travel through over a thousand years of England's history to reveal the real character of its kings and queens. Also packed with facts about how the service, traditions and accessories have changed over the years, Crown, Orb & Sceptre provides both a compelling read and an accessible and irreverent reference guide to one of the most spectacular ceremonies in England's heritage.

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Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sovereign's Orb and Head of the Sovereign's Sceptre with the Cross written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468306170
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stories of English written by David Crystal and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of worldwide English in all its dialects, differences, and linguistic delights: “Informative . . . distinctive . . . a spirited celebration.” —The Guardian In this “well-informed and appealing” work (Publishers Weekly), David Crystal puts aside the usual focus on “standard” English, and instead provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity, and diversity of the language truly lies—in the accents and dialects of nonstandard English users all over the world. Whatever their regional, social, or ethnic background, each group has a story worth telling, whether it is in Scotland or Somerset, South Africa or Singapore. He reminds us that for several hundred wonderful years, there was no such thing as “incorrect” English—and traces the evolution of the language from a few thousand Anglo-Saxons to the 1.5 billion people who speak it today. Moving from Beowulf to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Dickens and the present day, Crystal puts regional speech and writing at center stage, giving a sense of the social realities behind the development of English. This significant shift in perspective enables us to understand for the first time the importance of everyday, previously marginalized, voices in our language—and provides an argument too for the way English should be taught in the future. “A work of impeccable scholarship [that] could easily serve as a standard textbook for students of linguistics, but Mr. Crystal, reaching out to a more general audience, recognizes that even the most avid reader might flinch at the sections on Old Norse grammatical influence. Cleverly, he has sprinkled the book with little digressions, set apart in boxes, that address historical mysteries, strange loanwords, interesting etymologies and the like.” —The New York Times “Learned and often provocative . . . demonstrates repeatedly that common conceptions about language are often historically inaccurate—split infinitives bothered no one until recently (likewise sentence-ending prepositions).” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Simply the best introductory history of the English language family that we have. The plan of the book is ingenious, the writing lively, the exposition clear, and the scholarly standard uncompromisingly high.” —J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Author : Marjorie Bowen
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crowns and Sceptres written by Marjorie Bowen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crowns and Scepters" is an investigation of the origins and history of the coronation ceremony that was created on crowning His Majesty King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The book tells of pageantry, religious significance, and symbolism of the coronation ceremony, mentions some interesting incidents, anecdotes, and oddities connected with coronations, and provides a list of places usually connected with such ceremonies. It also tells stories of royal infants, usurpers, uncrowned kings, and pretenders that don't usually enter the official history of the monarchy.

Author : William Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crowns & Coronations written by William Jones and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802159117
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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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

Author : Thomas Butler
Publisher : Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780853723509
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crown Jewels written by Thomas Butler and published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited. This book was released on 1982 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Thomas Butler
Publisher : Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780853724674
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crown Jewels and Coronation Ceremony written by Sir Thomas Butler and published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iain Degg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781545500675
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crown, the Orb and the Sceptre written by Iain Degg and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinchliffe Well-beloved Fearless Defender of the Right is not your average superhero. In fact there is considerable doubt that he is a superhero at all. Gathering a party of equally incompetent misadventurers including an apprentice pickpocket for the past forty years, a wizard whose main spell is turning gold into lead, a pot-smoking cleric and a fighter who has never had a fight in her life Hinchliffe embarks on a quest to recover the crown, orb and sceptre of Belthos. The party, followed by a dragon who never seems to be around when he is needed, bungle and fluke there way from one disaster to next but surely their luck cannot last forever.

Author : Ian C. Esslemont
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765329964
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orb Sceptre Throne written by Ian C. Esslemont and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of a sealed vault triggers discord throughout Darujhistan, where a merchant tries to drive out Malazans, a thief gambles with the fate of the city, and a Malazan veteran seeks his fortune in Moon's Spawn fragments.