The Drama of Coronation: Medieval Ceremony in Early Modern England
The coronation was, and still is, one of the most important ceremonies of an English monarch's reign. Alice Hunt's study assesses the impact of the Reformation on the period's coronation ceremonies, and examines how they were perceived and described by contemporary observers such as courtiers and playwrights.
The Man Without Qualities (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Ulrich has no qualities in the sense that his self-awareness is completely divorced from his abilities. He is drawn into a project, the "Parallel Campaign", to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's coronation in 1918.
2009 The third volume detailing the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues, Century is a 3 part, 216-page epic spanning almost 100 years. Chapter one is set against the backdrop of London in 1910, 12 years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man on the moon. With Halley's Comet passing overhead, the nation prepares for the coronation of King George V, while far away on his South Atlantic island, the science-pirate Captain Nemo is dying.
