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Coles His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. A Victorian chronicle of British royalty: Queen Victoria, the Prince Wales, royal tours, weddings, philanthropy at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. A Victorian chronicle of British royalty: Queen Victoria, the Prince Wales, royal tours, weddings, philanthropy
His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. A Victorian chronicle of British royalty: Queen Victoria, the Prince Wales, royal tours, weddings, philanthropy in Ottawa, ON
His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. A Victorian chronicle of British royalty: Queen Victoria, the Prince Wales, royal tours, weddings, philanthropy in Ottawa, ON
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His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII presents a discriminating portrait of the monarch who guided Britain from Victorian twilight into the Edwardian morning. Lowndes follows his long apprenticeship as Prince of Wales, accession in 1901, and cultivation of a tactful, outward-looking constitutional role, including the rapprochement that yielded the Entente Cordiale. In poised, journalistic prose she balances ceremony and politics, reconsidering the bon vivant as a disciplined statesman amid late-imperial social and technological change. Marie Belloc Lowndes—Anglo-French, Catholic, and trained in the periodical press—brings a cosmopolitan acuity formed by bilingual upbringing and London–Paris networks. Sister to Hilaire Belloc and daughter of reformer Bessie Rayner Parkes, she observed public life at close range. That experience underwrites her attention to etiquette as politics and to diplomacy as practiced performance, resisting courtly mythmaking. This volume is recommended to readers of royal biography, Edwardian studies, and diplomatic history alike. Its elegant synthesis, written close to events yet judicious in tone, offers students and general readers a clear guide to how image, ceremony, and tact became instruments of influence under Edward VII. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII presents a discriminating portrait of the monarch who guided Britain from Victorian twilight into the Edwardian morning. Lowndes follows his long apprenticeship as Prince of Wales, accession in 1901, and cultivation of a tactful, outward-looking constitutional role, including the rapprochement that yielded the Entente Cordiale. In poised, journalistic prose she balances ceremony and politics, reconsidering the bon vivant as a disciplined statesman amid late-imperial social and technological change. Marie Belloc Lowndes—Anglo-French, Catholic, and trained in the periodical press—brings a cosmopolitan acuity formed by bilingual upbringing and London–Paris networks. Sister to Hilaire Belloc and daughter of reformer Bessie Rayner Parkes, she observed public life at close range. That experience underwrites her attention to etiquette as politics and to diplomacy as practiced performance, resisting courtly mythmaking. This volume is recommended to readers of royal biography, Edwardian studies, and diplomatic history alike. Its elegant synthesis, written close to events yet judicious in tone, offers students and general readers a clear guide to how image, ceremony, and tact became instruments of influence under Edward VII. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
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