The Jubilee Years 1887-1897

This illustrated documentary compilation covers the decade between Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees. Contemporary letters, journalism, and pictures follow the queen's household and public ceremonies, then the wider field of late-Victorian Britain: imperial pageant, new machines such as the bicycle and the X-ray, class manners, and scandals in the courts and the theatre. There is no single narrative hero. The book is an anthology of eyewitness pieces and images, not a full life of Victoria and not a military history of the empire.

Grey flecked endleaves. Grey slipcase with gilt printed device on front. The Presentation Volume for 1997.