The Ultimate Family

The Making of the Royal House of Windsor

Biography & Memoir, Royalty
Cover of the book The Ultimate Family by John Pearson, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Pearson ISBN: 9781448207848
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: December 1, 2011
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader Language: English
Author: John Pearson
ISBN: 9781448207848
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: December 1, 2011
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader
Language: English

From the author of All the Money in the World, now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott, comes a "fascinating and healthily skeptical book" about the British royal family.

In recent times the British monarchy has become an 'ultimate family' of international superstars, their adventures and personalities transmitted round the globe like episodes in the world's most popular soap opera.

The process began with Queen Mary's transformation of the family into symbols of middle-class morality, but accelerated greatly with the televising of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation and the euphoric sense of a 'new Elizabethan age' about to begin in gloomy post-war Britain.

Prince Charles's Investiture in 1969 was the springboard of a major PR campaign to provide royalty with a human face and helped shape the contemporary image of the royal family as both 'special' and 'ordinary'.

First published in 1986, this work came at a time of heightened interest in the royals as it followed the establishment of Lady Diana as the 'ultimate dream princess', Diana, and arrived in the wake of Prince Andrew's wedding. John Pearson's fascinating book defines the Royal Family for the 1980s.

"[a] fascinating and healthily skeptical book" - New York Review of Books

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From the author of All the Money in the World, now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott, comes a "fascinating and healthily skeptical book" about the British royal family.

In recent times the British monarchy has become an 'ultimate family' of international superstars, their adventures and personalities transmitted round the globe like episodes in the world's most popular soap opera.

The process began with Queen Mary's transformation of the family into symbols of middle-class morality, but accelerated greatly with the televising of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation and the euphoric sense of a 'new Elizabethan age' about to begin in gloomy post-war Britain.

Prince Charles's Investiture in 1969 was the springboard of a major PR campaign to provide royalty with a human face and helped shape the contemporary image of the royal family as both 'special' and 'ordinary'.

First published in 1986, this work came at a time of heightened interest in the royals as it followed the establishment of Lady Diana as the 'ultimate dream princess', Diana, and arrived in the wake of Prince Andrew's wedding. John Pearson's fascinating book defines the Royal Family for the 1980s.

"[a] fascinating and healthily skeptical book" - New York Review of Books

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book The Sten Gun by John Pearson
Cover of the book Mystery Mile by John Pearson
Cover of the book P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2 by John Pearson
Cover of the book Parents and Children by John Pearson
Cover of the book The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England 2nd edition by John Pearson
Cover of the book Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust by John Pearson
Cover of the book Layla's Room by John Pearson
Cover of the book Education in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands by John Pearson
Cover of the book Where to Watch Birds in Britain by John Pearson
Cover of the book The Bloomsbury Introduction to Postcolonial Writing by John Pearson
Cover of the book Up, Up and Away by John Pearson
Cover of the book All That Glitters by John Pearson
Cover of the book In the Kingdom of the Sick by John Pearson
Cover of the book Curse of the Evil Custard by John Pearson
Cover of the book Badiou's 'Being and Event' by John Pearson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy