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Royal Lives
Author: Brian Harrison

Following on from the success of Brief Lives, published in 1997, and Political Lives, Stage and Screen Lives, and Literary Lives, published in 2001, Royal Lives, which will publish alongside three other titles, Musical Lives, Secret Lives, and Military Lives, will be a welcome addition to the series to anyone with an interest in the history of t... more »he British royal family. Being born a member of the royal family is not a choice a person can make. It is not a career that can be decided upon and it is not something that can be done in isolation from the outside world. People have always been interested in the lives of the royals, past and present, and how they each have coped with being in the most famous family in Britain. Frank Prochaska, who is the author of many books on monarchy and the royal family, has carefully selected various former kings and queens, princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses, private secretaries and royal mistresses from the archives of the Dictionary of National Biography to go into this fascinating collection. These biographies provide for an absorbing glimpse into the lives of some of the men and women who in their lifetime were part of the most famous family and most durable institution in Britain. The entries in this collection of mini-biographies should be viewed within the historical context in which they were written. For example, the Victorian editors of the DNB took great care to ensure that what was written about the subjects would adequately reflect the status of the monarchy at that time. This fact in itself says a lot about the era in which these particular entries came from. Viewed as a whole this anthology gives an idea of just how much the role of the monarchy has changed from the days of George III to those of Elizabeth II. The authors of the entries aren't all well known to the outside world, but more importantly they were well known to their subjects and it is this fact that provides for a fascinating and varied read. Entries include: John Grigg on Edward VIII Owen Morshead on George V G. K. S. Hamilton-Edwards on Marina, Duchess of Kent Theo Aronson on Alice Keppel F. E. G. Ponsonby on Francis Knollys Michael Maclagan on Alan Lascelles Kenneth Rose on Lady Patricia Ramsay Sidney Lee on Queen Victoria John Gore on Clive Wigram Philip Ziegler on Wallis Simpson

ISBN-13: 9780198605300
ISBN-10: 0198605307
Publication Date: 1/2/2003
Pages: 672
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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