In the eye of the storm : George V and the Great War / Alexandra Churchill.

Collection type	Library
Author	Churchill, Alexandra, author.;
Call Number	941.083092 C563
Document type	Monograph
Year	2018.
Pagination	381 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. 381 pages : illustrations (black a
Publisher	Helion & Company Limited,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index. George V was largely an unknown entity to both his ministers and his people at the outbreak of war in 1914. By the end of the decade, he had become the most visible and accessible Sovereign in British history. He had survived the "Crash of Thrones," as it was dubbed by Herbert Asquith that toppled his cousins: the Kaiser and the Tsar. Pioneering modern public relations, he had not only established the House of Windsor in name, but in the hearts of his people; establishing a blueprint for the modern monarc hy that is still followed today. In-depth coverage of George V's war work wipes out assumptions about his capability as a sovereign and his suitability for the role. It also reveals that the Sovereign took less time off than an ordinary private soldier in the years 1914-18. Throughout, it forms a detailed overview of life on the Home Front in the Great War through the eyes of a King; a much more balanced interpretation of a country at war than the usual focus on fighting on the Western Front and those kil led in battle. The image of the King and Queen Mary as distant, cold parents is debunked in full and the book also includes a wealth of new material about their youngest son, Prince John.
Place made	Warwick :