Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
The Earl of Eglinton, rich, spoilt and only 26 years old, egged on by his stepfather who had been done out of a job by the Whig Government’s decision to remove practically all ceremony from Queen Victoria’s coronation, decided to hold a Tournament at this Ayrshire ‘Gothic’ castle. That would teach the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, that the age of chivalry was far from dead: the kill you Whigs were paying great lip service to this absurd industrialism and ‘popular’ reform. But the era of steam had arrived. Wealth was being re-distributed. An new influence was gaining power in the country’s affairs. Yet the sponsors of the Tournament were out of touch with this ineluctable progress.
Lord Eglinton, regardless of the enormous personal cost, persisted in his intention and the Tournament duly took place, to be followed by a traditional banquet and ball. Thousands in medieval costume flocked to the spectacle. The weather, however, was unkind. It rained heavily, bringing mud and dismay. Nonetheless, Lord Elginton and his friends fulfilled their purpose. They had made a stand for tradition and past splendour.
Using contemporary documents, Ian Anstruther has wittily recaptured the story in The Knight and the Umbrella, displaying as it does the strange folly of man.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
The Knight and the Umbrella
November 1986, Sutton Publishing Ltd
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0862993024 9780862993023
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
The knight and the umbrella: an account of the Eglinton Tournament 1839
1986, Sutton
in English
0862993024 9780862993023
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
The knight and the umbrella: an account of the Eglinton tournament, 1839
1963, Geoffrey Bles
in English
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Originally published: London : Geoffrey Bles, 1963.
Bibliography: p. 261-264.
Includes index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?May 25, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
April 10, 2011 | Edited by rhuhama | Edited without comment. |
April 10, 2011 | Edited by rhuhama | Added new cover |
December 4, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |