Insubstantial Pageant.: Ceremony & Confusion at Queen Victoria's Court Insubstantial Pageant.: Ceremony & Confusion at Queen Victoria's Court

Insubstantial Pageant.: Ceremony & Confusion at Queen Victoria's Court

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Publisher Description

Both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles read and liked "Insubstantial Pageant" and found it to be a very interesting book indeed especially since it was written by an American.

The author Dr. Jeffrey Lant was given unique access to the Royal Archive at Windsor Castle for his research of the material contained in this book.

A book that has always been and remains to be the most detailed book about the British Royal Events.

Throughout the reign of Queen Victoria, confusion and uncertainty marked the great ceremonials of the English Court. The young sovereign was, at her Coronation, recalled from refreshments to complete the service because a significant part of the ritual had been left out. During her wedding, her bridegroom, Prince Albert, was wracked by nervous embarrassment about what he was supposed to do, while at the marriage of sir son the Prince of Wales troopers with drawn sabres charged into milling crowds and titled guests elbowed each other for a place.

As the Court’s at first limited ceremonies grew during the nineteenth century into great national pageants matters did not improve, exacerbating the situation after the Prince consort’s death was the Queen’s rooted position to display and royal pomp which gave her officials no chance to gain efficiency in organizing ceremonial. Matters came to a head in 1887, at the greatest royal pageant since the Coronation: the Queen’s Golden Jubilee had to be pulled together from scratch, in circumstances of the utmost dedication.The next great royal event, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee ten years later, had precedents to draw on and things went so much better that optimists thought the additional muddle had been laid to rest forever. Their expectations were confounded at the arrangement of Queen Victoria’s funeral, an event which in many respects converted to the traditional disorder.

In this remarkable book, Jeffrey L. Lant sees behind the scenes to set out in rich detail how great Victorian royal events developed. Drawn from a wide range of previously unpublished sources, the final result is a perceptive and rollicking piece of crucial history, which many of those involved might have hoped would go unrecorded, authoritative and thorough, this book will fascinate all who have ever marveled at the impressive discretion of Court officials.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2016
November 23
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
435
Pages
PUBLISHER
Jeffrey Lant
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
1.9
MB

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