Research Catalog

Title

Buckingham Palace : the place and the people / Roy Nash.

Author

Nash, Roy

Publication

• London : Macdonald, [1980]
• ©1980

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Details

Description

192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 plan, portraits (some color); 27 cm

Summary

Describes each aspect of the Palace's life, a rounded portrait emerges of a building that is part workplace, part official reception center, part museum, and part living quarters.

Subjects

• Buckingham Palace (London, England)
• England > London
• London (England) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Great Britain > Court and courtiers
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Dwellings
• Kings and rulers > Dwellings
• Courts and courtiers
• Buildings

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 183-184.

Contents

The earliest years: James I to William IV -- The middle years: Queen Victoria -- The middle years: Edward VII -- The middle years: George V -- The middle years: Edward VIII -- The later years: George VI -- Elizabeth II and Philip: a summary -- The Palace today: the household and the staff -- The Queen at the Palace: Royalty in residence -- Appendix: The State Apartments.

ISBN

• 0354045296
• 9780354045292
• 0354048201
• 9780354048200

LCCN

81135532

OCLC

• ocm08064580
• 8064580
• SCSB-60274

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library