Keepers: The Ancient Offices of Britain - Hardcover

Bruce, Alastair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0955325331 ISBN 13: 9780955325335

Publisher: Julian Calder Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Keepers This glorious photographic celebration, with its brilliantly informed text observes over a thousand years of living history, through Britain's titles, ancient offices and appointments whose holders are photographed in their robes - if they have them - and in places relevant and significant to each title, Full description

About this title

About the Author:

Alastair Bruce is the Royal, Constitutional and Religious Commentator for Sky News and the historical advisor on ITV's Downton Abbey and on films including The King's Speech and Young Victoria. An Officer of Arms, as Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary, and a Colonel serving in the Reserve Army, his enthusiasm for history and his unparalleled knowledge of Court procedure and military detail inspire and inform every subject in Keepers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Julian Calder Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0955325331
• ISBN 13: 9780955325335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Calder Julian, Cator Mark