The Queen's house

The Queen's house

by Healey, Edna

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A biography of the world & rsquo;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 protocol. Written with the assistance of…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Queen's house / Edna Healey.

Summary

A biography of the world & rsquo;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 protocol. Written with the assistance of the royal family, this lively and colorful biography of a house reveals not only the changing fa & ccedil;ade of the palace but also the changing face of a nation & rsquo;s culture, morals, fashions, and tastes.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012, ©1998.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Pegasus Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012, ©1998.

Notes

Cover subtitle: A social history of Buckingham Palace.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781453265277, 1453265279, 1299970052, 9781299970052
  • oclc:ocn808682461
  • LC Classification:DA687.B9
  • Dewey Decimal:942.132

Subjects

Buckingham Palace (London, England) Buckingham Palace (Londres, Angleterre) Dwellings -- Kings and rulers. -- Great… Great Britain History HISTORY -- Europe Kings and rulers -- Dwellings Palaces Palaces -- History. -- Great Britain Palais -- Histoire. -- Grande-Bretagne Queens -- Dwellings Queens -- Dwellings -- Great Britain

Writers

Healey, Edna

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