Martin Williams
Author of The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britai
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Jul 18, 2023 • 36min
Britain’s love affair with Edward VII
Martin Williams, author of The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain, discusses Britain's love affair with Edward VII and the impact of his death in 1910. They explore how Edward's reign brought excitement and depart from Queen Victoria's conservative era, his influence on Britain's global standing, technological advances and social challenges in the Edwardian era, and the eerie parallels between the deaths of Queen Elizabeth II and King Edward VII.
