Courtiers : the secret history of Kensington Palace /
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Author / Creator: | Worsley, Lucy. |
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Imprint: | London : Faber and Faber, 2010. |
Description: | xx, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8113461 |
Summary: | In the eighteenth century, the palace's most elegant assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. |
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Physical Description: | xx, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780571238897 0571238890 |