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Author:
Viney, Graham, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88642594
Title:
The last hurrah : South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947 / Graham Viney.
Publisher:
Jonathan Ball Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xiv, 386 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject:
George--VI,--King of Great Britain,--1895-1952--Travel--South Africa.
Elizabeth,--Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain,--1900-2002--Travel--South Africa.
Elizabeth--II,--Queen of Great Britain,--1926---Travel--South Africa.
Margaret,--Princess, Countess of Snowdon,--1930-2002--Travel--South Africa.
Elizabeth--II,--Queen of Great Britain,--1926-
Elizabeth,--Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain,--1900-2002.
George--VI,--King of Great Britain,--1895-1952.
Margaret,--Princess, Countess of Snowdon,--1930-2002.
South Africa--Description and travel.
Visits of state--South Africa--20th century.
Royal visitors--South Africa--20th century.
Royal visitors.
Travel.
Visits of state.
South Africa.
1900-1999
Notes:
Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.
Contents:
Dramatis personae -- Introduction -- Arrival -- The state opening of Parliament and the question of the imperial connection -- The whistlestop tour : a mid-century royal progress across the veld -- Bloemfontein and the braai at Bultfontein : Afrikaans vs English-speaking in the Free State -- Race, empire, politics and agendas : Eshowe, Durban and Currie's Fountain -- A state banquet in Pretoria : the Transvaal capital receives the Royal Family -- Johannesburg : 'Becher's Brook, second time round -- Tea with Ouma -- Tea at Vergelegen -- The coming of age of the Heiress Presumptive : gently towards a new multiracial Commonwealth -- Gone with the southeaster
ISBN:
1868429245
9781868429240
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1073018992
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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