The Royal House of Windsor Tapa blanda - 1976

London: Sphere Books, 1976. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London England: Sphere Books, 1976. Paperback. Tiny mark to edge. Slightly sunned spine. In 1917 King George V changed his name from the German-sounding Saxe-Coburg in response to the intense anti-German feelings which marked public opinion during the war years. Thus the Windsors, the family name of the present Royal House, came into being. The first Windsor reigned udring the agonies of the Great War and lived on to become a much-loved father to his subjects in a far-flung empire. Then followed the brief but dramatic reign of Edward VII ending in the trauma of abdication and leading to the accession of his younger brother. Shy and withdrawn where Edward had been extrovert and dashing, George VI found an ideal consort in Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and rose to become like his father, a beloved figure and a symbol of the nation's unity in war. When George died in 1952 he was succeeded by Elizabeth, his twenty-five-year-old daughter. She faced the problem of an expectant nation acclaiming with highest… Leer más