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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Wolffe; British Academy. |
| ISBN: | 0197262384 9780197262382 |
| OCLC Number: | 488639873 |
| Description: | ix, 331 s., 12 plates : ill. |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note:Approaching the Deaths / 1 The paths of glory lead but to the grave' -- of the Famous -- Burying the Duke of / 2 'The last great Englishman is low' -- Wrellington 28 -- The Churches and National / 3. 'O God our help in ages past' -- Mourning 56 -- Commemoration, Identity and Religiosity 94 / 4. Death and the City -- Livingstone and Gordon 136 / 5. Martyrs of Empire -- Death and Politicians 154 / 6. The Shades of Westninster -- Death and the Royal Family, 1861-1892 192 / 7. 'It was too soon to die' -- Victoria and E.dward VII zz2 / 8. The Ending of Eras -- Prospect and Retrospect 59 / 9. 'A vast dumb tenderness' -- The Organization of Funerals z87 / Appendix -- Bibliography 294 -- Index 3 3. Table of Contents only: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001269746.html. |
| Series Title: | British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph. |
| Responsibility: | by John Wolffe. |
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