Isbn: 9780593054857 - the queen's knight (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Queen's Knight This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Good condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

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Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 452 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

1st. Ed. 8vo. 452pp. Cold., sepia and b/w ills. Original boards with d/w, slight shelf wear. ISBN 9780593054857 US$12.

Secondhand, Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Martyn Downer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Sir Howard Elphinstone, dashing miltary hero of the siege of Sevastopol, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858, aged just twenty-nine. As he recuperated from injuries he'd received during the campaign, the Queen installed this paragon of military valour at heart of her court at Windsor as guardian to her third and favourite son, Prince Arthur. Victoria wanted a soldier alongside her, as an antidote to the ageing ministers and courtiers who stalked the corridors. Intriguingly, as a young woman, before she was queen, Victoria had been completely smitten with Howard's cousin John, Lord Elphinstone, but he had been deemed an unsuitable match for a monarch. Having lost one military hero, she seemed determined to make sure it didn't happen again. he Queen's Knight tells an engrossing story of life at the gilded heart of Queen Victoria's court, via the extraordinary friendship between her and Howard Elphinstone, until his untimely death in 1890. It was at first a place of lavish parties and regular dances, as the miseries of the Crimean war faded and the Empire expanded to its zenith. The Queen and Prince Albert deliberately recreated Camelot, as an antidote to the dissolute image of. Secondhand, Hardback.…

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Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover First Edition First Printing 9780593054857 Unique and engrossing, this is a true story of suppressed passion and domestic intrigue at the heart of Victoria s court. Unique and engrossing, this is a true story of suppressed passion and domestic intrigue at the heart of Victoria s court.After an illustrious military career in the Crimean War, during which he won a Victoria Cross, Howard Elphinstone was appointed guardian to Queen Victoria s favourite son, Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught, who was Governor General of Canada from 1911-16. Martyn Downer s book includes a fascinating account of Arthur s first trip to Canada in 1869, which took place despite the threat of his assassination by Fenian terrorists intent on revenging the Irish famine. During his eventful tour, Arthur took part in the defence of Canada following the Fenian raid at Saint John in May 1870. With relations between Britain and the United States at low ebb, Elphinstone also took the prince on a controversial tour of America which culminated in a frosty reception from President Ulysses Grant at the White House. Elphinstone remained in Court until 1890 when he was drowned in a tragic accident. During this period he became one of Queen Victoria s closest confidants and a father figure to her nine children. His journals and remarkable correspondence with the Queen, much of which is published here for the first time, shed fascinating and intimate new light on the world of the Victorian Court. The Queen s Knight is a captivating portrait of the close and affectionate relationship between Victoria and Elphinstone, and sheds new light on the frail human being at the heart of a vast empire.384 pages. In Stock.…

Hardback. Condizione: Mint. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to the top corner of the front panel but still in near fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Unique and engrossing, this is a true story of suppressed passion and domestic intrigue at the heart of Victoria's court. After an illustrious military career in the Crimean War, during which he won a Victoria Cross, Howard Elphinstone was appointed guardian to Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught, who was Governor General of Canada from 1911-16. Martyn Downer's book includes a fascinating account of Arthur's first trip to Canada in 1869, which took place despite the threat of his assassination by Fenian terrorists intent on revenging the Irish famine. During his eventful tour, Arthur took part in the defence of Canada following the Fenian raid at Saint John in May 1870. With relations between Britain and the United States at low ebb, Elphinstone also took the prince on a controversial tour of America which culminated in a frosty reception from President Ulysses Grant at the White House. Elphinstone remained in Court until 1890 when he was drowned in a tragic accident. During this period he became one of Queen Victoria s closest confidants and a father figure to her nine children. His journals and remarkable correspondence with the Queen, much of which is published here for the first time, shed fascinating and intimate new light on the world of the Victorian Court. The Queen's Knight is a captivating portrait of the close and affectionate relationship between Victoria and Elphinstone, and sheds new light on the frail human being at the heart of a vast empire. Ref HHH 2.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. unread, 1st Impression, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, D/j has no tears, nicks or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 8vo pp. 2 452. "After an illustrious military career in the Crimean War, during which he won a Victoria Cross, Howard Elphinstone was appointed guardian to Queen Victoria?s favourite son, Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught, who was Governor General of Canada from 1911-16. Martyn Downer?s book includes a fascinating account of Arthur?s first trip to. book.…