Farewell in Splendor
The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
by Jerrold M. Packard
ISBN: 0525937307
ISBN-13: 9780525937302
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 1995
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Publisher's Notes
An analysis of the British Empire during the time that immediately followed the death of its longest reigning monarch offers insight into a nation on the brink of change and the political and international climate that surrounded it.
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Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Jerrold M. Packard
Dutton Adult. Used - Good. Former Library book.NO dust jacket GOOD with average wear to cover, pages and binding. We ship quickly and work hard to earn your confidence. Orders are generally shipped no later than next business day. We offer a no hassle guarantee on all our items. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Jerrold M. Packard
Dutton Adult. Used - Good. Ex-library. Published: . Hardcover. Dust jacket: Good. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. EX-LIBRARY with typical library markings, attachments and wear. Some rubbing on cover. Cover has some wear on edges. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor : The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1995. v05283--HARDCOVER W/DJ--NO TITLE PAGE. Book and dust jacket are like new with the exception of title page--clean, bright and crisp. . ISBN: 0-52593-7307. Hard Cover. Fair/Fine. GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY VICTORIA 1837 1901 QUEEN 1819 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ROYALTY. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1995 Like-new copy - Appears unread - Stated First Printing - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated with photos. 294 pages - NO writing, marks or tears. - Annotation Surveying the weeks leading up to the death of Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901, historian Jerrold M. Packard creates a sweeping, kaleidoscopic view of the British Empire and the world it straddled. From Britain's regal palaces to Calcutta's teeming slums, he reveals a nation at the apogee of its power and on the brink of stunning change. From the Publisher A new century is dawning, and an old woman lies dying, a diminutive figure in a large double bed in a vast palace. The time is January 1901, and the woman is Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India, and sovereign ruler of the greatest empire on earth. Her reign has lasted more than 63 years. She has given her name to an age. Now it is ending, with the abyss of the unknown ahead. As shock waves go around the world, only one thing is sure: The world will never be the same again. Besides giving us a close-up chronicle of the last days, the death, and the funeral of Queen Victoria, Jerrold M. Packard subtly weaves a multi-peopled historical drama, one that captures England with all her pride, pomp, and power illumined in the blazing light of sunset. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor : The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1995. 0525937307 Hardcover first edition and printing. 294 pages with dust jacket. Illustrated and contains notes, bibliography and index. Clean, tight and strong binding with clean dust jacket. No highlighting, underlining or marginalia in text. VG/VG. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor : The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, NY, U.S.A.:: Dutton/Penguin,, 1995.. First edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 294 pages with Index and 16 pages of black and white photos. The book is in NEAR FINE condition with minor discoloration on spine ends. The jacket is in NEAR FINE condition with minor shelf wear. Comes with a BRODART cover. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and..other curious subjects. The dust jacket reads: A new century is dawning, and an old woman lies dying, a diminutive figure in a large double bed in a vast palace. The time is January 1901, and the woman is Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India, and sovereign ruler of the greatest empire on earth. Her reign has lasted more than 63 years. She has given her name to an age. Now it is ending, with the abyss of the unknown ahead. As shock waves go around the world, only one thing is sure: The world will never be the same again. Besides giving us a close-up chronicle of the last days, the death, and the funeral of Queen Victoria, Jerrold M. Packard subtly weaves a multi-peopled historical drama, one that captures England with all her pride, pomp, and power illumined in the blazing light of sunset. We enter the world within a world of the fairy-tale royal estate of Osborne on the Isle of Wight, transformed into the focus of attention of every government on earth and countless millions from all walks of life. As word spreads that the reign that seemed eternal is inexorably drawing to its close, royal physicians are employing all their resources in the futile fight against the inevitable, and courtiers and politicians are scurrying to deal with an event almost beyond their imagination, with results both moving and comic. We see Victoria's favorite grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, receiving the news from a German diplomat and hastening to England in a visit that offers one of the world's last and best chances for European peace. "Bertie," the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII, after a lifetime with only the pursuit of pleasure to divert him, is preparing to receive the crown that he has waited for too long. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1995 Stated first edition, first printing. Showing only minor exterior wear to book and light edge wear to jacket. Contents are in very good, clean, tight condition, no owner markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor
Jerrold M. Packard
New York: Dutton, 1995. Subtitled, "The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 294pp. Crisp and bright copy with minor wear. Previous owner's library seal embossed on title page. A few pages creased at bottom corner. Dust jacket is bright with minor corner and spine end wear.. ISBN: 0525937307. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VICTIORIAN AGE, QUEEN VICTORIA, BRITISH MONARCHS, ENGLISH QUEENS,. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor : The Passing of Queen Victoria & Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton Books, 1995. Dj is clean and colorful with minor edge and corner wear. Cover is dark rose paper on boards. Spine is cream paper with gold lettering. Cover, Pages and Binding are clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York, New York, U.S.A.:: E P Dutton and Co,, 1995.. First edition. Hard Back. Fine in Near Fine dj. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. FIRST EDITION, STATED FIRST PRINTING (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 294 pages with index plus 16 pages black & white photos. The book is FINE. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with dog eared front inside flap. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. NOT price clipped. NOT remaindered. Dust jacket notes read: "A new century is dawning, and an old woman lies dying, a diminutive figure in a large double bed in a vast palace. The time is January 1901, and the woman is Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India, and sovereign ruler of the greatest empire on earth. Her reign has lasted more than 63 years. She has given her name to an age. Now it is ending, with the abyss of the unknown ahead. As shock waves go around the world, only one thing is sure: The world will never be the same again. Besides giving us a close-up chronicle of the last days, the death, and the funeral of Queen Victoria, Jerold M. Packard subtly weaves a multi-peopled historical drama, one that captures England with all her pride, pomp, and power illumined in the blazing light of sunset. We enter the world within a world of the fairy-tale royal estate of Osborne on the Isle of Wight, transformed into the focus of attention every government on earth and countless millions from all walks of life. As word spreads that the reign that seemed eternal is inexorably drawing to its close, royal physicians are employing all their resources in the futile fight against the inevitable, and courtiers and politicians are scurrying to deal with an event almost beyond their imagination, with results both moving and comic. We see Victoria's favorite grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, receiving the news from a German diplomat and hastening to England in a visit that offers one of the world's last and best changes fro European peace. 'Bertie,' the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII, after a lifetime with only the pursuit of pleasure to divert him, is preparing to receive the crown that he has waited for too long. And the swarm of princes and princesses of Victoria's large brood are all playing the roles assigned to them by birth and fate and their mother's dominating will. The crowds in the streets of London and Calcutta, Washington and Paris, hearing the news of the death, are mourning a woman who seemed to stand for all the safety and security they haven known. We see the magnificent spectacle of the funeral itself, as the great nations of the world and the far-flung outposts of empire pay their final tribute. And at the center is Victoria, the woman to whom no one said no, so narrow yet so far-reaching in her influence, with all her petty prejudices and all the grandeur of her sense of duty. Farewell in Splendor is a grand evocation of Victoria, her England, her world, and her age. Superbly researched and magnificently written, it combines the sweep of history and the intimacy of biography with the power of great storytelling. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendor The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
Dutton Adult. New in New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. New stated first printing, first edition hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. No price on dust jacket. Protective mylar cover. ; 1.25 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 304 pages . ( more information)
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Packard, Jerrold M
Dutton Adult. Hardcover. 0525937307 Excellent Condition 1st Printing 1995 Dutton Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, No writing in book, dust jacket great - no tears, mild shelf rub, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Fine. ( more information)
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Farewell in Splendour: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age
Packard, Jerrold M
New York: Dutton / William Abrahams / Penguin, 1995. First Edition, First Printing, in cream quarter cloth over burgundy boards with speckled sand endpages; 294 pp; B&W photos; pictorial dust jacket, price intact and now protected in archival quality brodart, has a little wear and creasing at head of spine and just a touch at the foot; a small, barely visibly wound on the spine and a half-inch/ 2.1 cm closed tear at the bottom rear have been neatly mended.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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