The Strange History Of Buckingham Palace
by Patricia Wright /
2009 / English / EPUB
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Buckingham Palace is one of the most familiar buildings in the
world, but who knows the real tales hidden behind its
ceremonial gates? Who was the witch that once lived in the
royal courtyard? How could courtesans once have plied their
trade in front of the present royal windows? How dare a prime
minister call the palace a monstrous insult to the nation? This
text presents a detailed exploration of the ordinary and
sometimes extraordinary people who owned or lived on the land
now occupied by the Palace, and of the royal occupants who
later inhabited it. The book reveals how Buckingham Palace came
to be the place it is today, from the time when it probably
formed the escape route from a Roman battle nearly 2,000 years
ago, to the establishment of the first gentleman's house there
in the 17th century, and on into a checkered royal history,
which includes an ambitious Saxon queen and James I's plan to
found an English silk industry in the Palace gardens.
Buckingham Palace is one of the most familiar buildings in the
world, but who knows the real tales hidden behind its
ceremonial gates? Who was the witch that once lived in the
royal courtyard? How could courtesans once have plied their
trade in front of the present royal windows? How dare a prime
minister call the palace a monstrous insult to the nation? This
text presents a detailed exploration of the ordinary and
sometimes extraordinary people who owned or lived on the land
now occupied by the Palace, and of the royal occupants who
later inhabited it. The book reveals how Buckingham Palace came
to be the place it is today, from the time when it probably
formed the escape route from a Roman battle nearly 2,000 years
ago, to the establishment of the first gentleman's house there
in the 17th century, and on into a checkered royal history,
which includes an ambitious Saxon queen and James I's plan to
found an English silk industry in the Palace gardens.
