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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoyal Collection Enterprises The Limited

ISBN-101909741566

ISBN-139781909741560

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038395935

Product Key Features

Book TitleRoyal Christmas

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRoyalty, General, Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorLouise Cooling

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight19 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-439345

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsA charming holiday book . . . . Thanks to the detailed chronology and prodigious writing about the Royal Family, we have a mirror into how holidays attain their ritualist power through small, seemingly inconsequential things. Our Christmases lack the pomp of nobility, but they are connected to kings and queens more than we might realize. The book is handsome proof of that., Skillfully weaves historical information with photographs into an attractive and thoughtful design.

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal394.266308621

SynopsisA Royal Christmas is the first official publication to explore the fascinating Christmas traditions of royalty past and present. Drawing on many previously unpublished objects and images from the Collection, this highly visual book offers insight into the influence and charm of royal festivities. The book details the history of the royal broadcast, which is a cornerstone of Christmas for many people. It also discusses the introduction of Christmas trees to Britain by Queen Charlotte and how this custom was later popularised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In this beautiful gift book, expect to see royal Christmas dinner menus and recipes; Queen Victoria's account of Prince Albert falling through the ice while skating; photographs of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret performing Aladdin at Windsor's Christmas pantomime; exquisite festive jewellery; and many more seasonal tales., At the beginning of the nineteenth century, King George III's German-born wife Charlotte gave a Christmas party for children in which she displayed a small tree decorated with lights and sugar ornaments, a custom unknown in Britain at the time. Christmas trees would go on to delight children of the royal family for decades to come, and are now a cornerstone of Christmas throughout the United Kingdom and beyond. A Royal Christmas is the first official publication to explore the fascinating Christmas traditions of royalty past and present. Drawing on many previously unpublished objects and images from the Collection, this lavishly illustrated book offers insight into the influence and charm of royal festivities. In this beautiful gift book, expect to see royal Christmas dinner menus and recipes; Queen Victoria's account of Prince Albert falling through the ice while skating; photographs of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret performing Aladdin at Windsor's Christmas pantomime; exquisitely festive jewelry, cards, and gifts; and many more holiday delights. Full of charming anecdotes, potted histories, and glittering photographs, A Royal Christmas is the perfect gift for the season.

LC Classification NumberGT4985