Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm, the
by Nicolson, Juliet
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802118461
- ISBN 13
- 9780802118462
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About This Item
Grove Press, 2007. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. 6 x 1 x 9.5 inches. pp. 290. Publisher Grove Press (May 10, 2007) Language English HARDBOUND 290pages ISBN-10 0802118461 ISBN-13 978-0802118462 Item Weight 5.6 OUNCES Dimensions 6 x 1 x 9.5 inches slipcase has some rubbing. The Perfect Summer chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson's rich storytelling gifts rivet us with the sights, colors, and feelings of a bygone era. That summer of 1911 a new king was crowned and the aristocracy was at play, bounding from one house party to the next. But perfection was not for all. Cracks in the social fabric were showing. The country was brought to a standstill by industrial strikes. Temperatures rose steadily to more than 100 degrees; by August deaths from heatstroke were too many for newspapers to report. Drawing on material from intimate and rarely seen sources and narrated through the eyes of a series of exceptional individuals-among them a debutante, a choirboy, a politician, a trade unionist, a butler, and the Queen-The Perfect Summer is a vividly rendered glimpse of the twilight of the Edwardian era.
Synopsis
Originally published: London : John Murray, 2006 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index
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- BookQuest (US)
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- Title
- Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm, the
- Author
- Nicolson, Juliet
- Format/Binding
- HARDBOUND
- Book Condition
- New LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802118461
- ISBN 13
- 9780802118462
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2006048854
- Keywords
- Social life and customs / Social classes / Social Conditions / Social structure / History / Great britain, social life and customs / Great britain, history / Social classes, great britain / Great britain, social Conditions /
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