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

by Martin Williams

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! Martin Williams...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529383315
• ISBN13: 9781529383317
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.6"