{"product_id":"9780571394289-fashioning-the-crown","title":"Fashioning the Crown","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Story of Power, Conflict and Couture\u003cbr\u003ePublished ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth and sumptuously illustrated with over 100 images, this is an exquisite hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A romp through British royal fashion and image-making between the Edwardian era and 1960 . Compelling and well-researched' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent . A book that is tart, racy and compulsively readable. The pictures, as you might expect, are gorgeous' \u003c\/b\u003eKathryn Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Features over 100 sumptuous images**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced the perils of abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this cinematic story of espionage and exquisite couture, Justine Picardie reveals the undercover lives of the creators behind the façade - including Hardy Amies, Cecil Beaton, Norman Hartnell and Edward Molyneux - and traces the ways in which visual iconography safeguarded the monarchy, even when their reign seemed to be hanging by a thread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Picardie explores the family feuds and international conflicts that challenged the Crown, and how royal fashion has long been wielded as a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57204000391542,"sku":"9780571394289","price":19.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40179613_7be55f5f-e165-4342-bfaf-c451a396b36b.jpg?v=1772661738","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571394289-fashioning-the-crown","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}