The Court At Windsor: A Domestic History
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Behind the ancient stone walls of Windsor Castle lies a thousand years of intimacy, intrigue, and power — and Christopher Hibbert's The Court at Windsor: A Domestic History pulls back the velvet curtain to reveal the monarchy not as myth, but as flesh-and-blood reality. Chronicling the castle's life from its Norman foundations through the reign of Queen Victoria, Hibbert presents the sovereigns of England in their most unguarded moments: feasting, feuding, mourning, and governing within the world's oldest and most continuously inhabited royal residence. The narrative moves with the ease of a seasoned storyteller, grounding grand historical events in the telling domestic detail — a royal tantrum here, a scandalous liaison there — that brings the past vividly to life. Hibbert, one of Britain's most celebrated popular historians, writes with a clarity and warmth that bridges the gap between scholarly rigour and genuine readability, making The Court at Windsor as entertaining as it is authoritative. His meticulous research uncovers the personalities behind the portraits: the paranoid magnificence of Henry VIII, the austere grief of a widowed Victoria, the uneasy grandeur of the Hanoverian court. For anyone captivated by the enduring theatre of the British monarchy, this richly detailed domestic chronicle raises one irresistible question — how much of that ancient drama still echoes through those royal halls today?
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Longmans
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Behind the ancient stone walls of Windsor Castle lies a thousand years of intimacy, intrigue, and power — and Christopher Hibbert's The Court at Windsor: A Domestic History pulls back the velvet curtain to reveal the monarchy not as myth, but as flesh-and-blood reality. Chronicling the castle's life from its Norman foundations through the reign of Queen Victoria, Hibbert presents the sovereigns of England in their most unguarded moments: feasting, feuding, mourning, and governing within the world's oldest and most continuously inhabited royal residence. The narrative moves with the ease of a seasoned storyteller, grounding grand historical events in the telling domestic detail — a royal tantrum here, a scandalous liaison there — that brings the past vividly to life. Hibbert, one of Britain's most celebrated popular historians, writes with a clarity and warmth that bridges the gap between scholarly rigour and genuine readability, making The Court at Windsor as entertaining as it is authoritative. His meticulous research uncovers the personalities behind the portraits: the paranoid magnificence of Henry VIII, the austere grief of a widowed Victoria, the uneasy grandeur of the Hanoverian court. For anyone captivated by the enduring theatre of the British monarchy, this richly detailed domestic chronicle raises one irresistible question — how much of that ancient drama still echoes through those royal halls today?