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The Art of Monarchy written by Will Gompertz performed by Will Gompertz on Audio CD (Unabridged)

The Art of Monarchy written by Will Gompertz performed by Will Gompertz on Audio CD (Unabridged)
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ISBN:  9781445896144
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  History
Duration:  240 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Will Gompertz
Performer 1:  Will Gompertz

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The Royal Collection is one of the most wide-ranging collections of art and artefacts in the world, and it provides an intriguing insight into the minds of the monarchs who have assembled it. In this series, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz examines dozens of these unique objects, in a quest to "use the collection...

as a prism through which to better understand the art of being a monarch". From intimate portraits to epic tapestries, from the Coronation pen to the Investiture sword, from a treatise against Martin Luther to the first televised Christmas message, each has an absorbing history.

Famous objects such as the Gold State Coach and the Imperial State Crown rub shoulders with lesser-known but still fascinating artefacts, such as the Exeter Salt and the Wriothesley Garter Book.

With the help of historians, academics, and Royal Collection curators, Gompertz selects choice items to find out what secrets they reveal about the art of monarchy.

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