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Title: The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
Description: New York: Walker & Company, 2010. First Edition. First Printing. ISBN: 0802719872. B&W and Color & Map; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4; xx, 402 pages; Hard cover is blue with gold lettering on spine. Light rubbing, bumping to boards. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, bumping; in a mylar cover. Ilustrated with b/w map, drawings and genealogical tables. Well written and researched title by the popular UK history program presenter, Dr. Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces. Gets behind the 'big moments' of history to show how life was lived as a royal, surrounded by courtiers and politicians, et al. During the reigns of George I [1714-1727] and George II [1727-1760]. Sources; notes; index.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0802719872 Royal Family; British Royalty; Hanoverians; 18th Century British History; Monarchs; Political History; Social History; Cultural History; Manners and Customs; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Architecture European History Geograp

Price: US$ 21.25 Seller: Pegasus Books
- Book number: 14815