{"product_id":"the-king-is-dead-long-martin-williams-9781529383317","title":"The King Is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain","description":"Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII - glamorous, cosmopolitan and extraordinarily popular - died in May 1910, the political, social and cultural anxieties of a nation in turmoil were temporarily set aside during a summer of intense and ritualised mourning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In The King is Dead, Long Live the King! Martin Williams charts a period of tension and transition as one era slipped away and another took shape. Witnessed by a diverse but interconnected cast of characters - crowned heads and Cabinet ministers, debutantes and suffragettes, artists and murderers - here is the swansong of Edwardian Britain. Set against a backdrop of bereavement and parliamentary crisis overshadowed by the gathering clouds of war, we see a people caught between past and future, tradition and modernity, as they unite to bid farewell to a much-loved monarch who had personified his age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Buckingham Palace to Bloomsbury, and from the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall to a now legendary Royal Ascot enveloped in black, this is a vivid evocation of a world on the brink of seismic upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529383315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529383317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Martin Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131046457599,"sku":"9781529383317","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2207c448-99f6-459b-8e59-93642ac5f146.jpg?v=1687472688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-king-is-dead-long-martin-williams-9781529383317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}