The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain

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Martin Williams

The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain

Martin Williams

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Hodder & Stoughton
11 July 2023

Biography: royalty; History; History: specific events & topics

A Country Life 'Best Book of the Year' 2023

The Times Book of the Week
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'I could read Martin Williams all day. He is a staggeringly communicative historian; this book throws shafts of light on recent history almost repeating itself, giving vivid glimpses into monarchy and the way things were, and are. Compulsory reading.'

--- Dame Joanna Lumley

'A social historian and gifted storyteller, Williams is by turns moved and amused as he reflects on the poignancy and rituals of a nation united (pretty much) in grief...' --- The Times

'adroitly-written...[told by Williams] so skilfully, and with such silken prose, that it's a pleasure to spend the time inside his head' --- The Oldie

'delightful details...to rekindle this vanished epoch' --- Country Life

'Vivid, panoramic, skilfully written, this gripping book is an insight into a time and an age'.

--- Kate Williams

'Martin Williams has written a fascinating and absorbing account of the Edwardian era, the demise and funeral of the King, and the iconic Black Ascot that followed it. He has brought a lost age grippingly to light'. --- Hugo Vickers

'witty, informative and immensely readable... captures the spirit of the times'. --- Miranda Seymour

'A tour de force'.

--- Dr Kate Strasdin

'We tend to think that Cecil Beaton single-handedly invented the Edwardian Age. Martin Williams shows us succinctly and elegantly that perhaps it was the King himself.'

--- Nicky Haslam

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moves with unflagging wit and style. A fresh perspective on a brilliant life and a lost era beautifully evoked, it is impossible not to be swept away by this gem of a book. Pure pleasure.'

--- Robin Muir

'a must-have... a wonderful and thought-provoking read.'

--- The Historian

'...a book about a changed and changing world trying to cope with even more change...beautifully written [and] timely' --- The Catholic Herald

'...resonates powerfully with our own recent experience of collective mourning...

Williams describes the king's gradual demise in evocative detail.'

--- Air Mail

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.

In The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

By: Martin Williams
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 60g
ISBN: 9781529383317
ISBN 10: 1529383315
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 11 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Williams is a social, art and fashion historian. He has worked at Christie's, Sotheby's Institute of Art and Bonhams and he is a regular contributor to Country Life.