Behind the Throne

By - Tinniswood, Adrian

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Basic Books, New York, NY, 2018

ISBN 10 - 0465094023

ISBN 13 - 9780465094028

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Great Britain

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 941.0099 TIN

Physical Description - xii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the alcohol bills. In Behind the Throne, historian Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the reality of five centuries of life at the English court, taking the reader on a remarkable journey from one Queen Elizabeth to another and exploring life as it was lived by clerks and courtiers and clowns and crowned heads: the power struggles and petty rivalries, the tension between duty and desire, the practicalities of cooking dinner for thousands and of ensuring the king always won when he played a game of tennis. A masterful and witty social history of five centuries of royal life, Behind the Throne offers a grand tour of England's grandest households.

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