{"product_id":"fashioning-the-crown-a-story-of-power-conflict-and-couture-justine-picardie","title":"Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture - Justine Picardie","description":"\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth and sumptuously illustrated with over 100 images, this is an exquisite hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e**Features over 100 sumptuous images**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eIn this cinematic story of espionage and exquisite couture, Justine Picardie reveals the undercover lives of the creators behind the facade - including Hardy Amies, Cecil Beaton, Norman Hartnell and Edward Molyneux - and traces the ways in which visual iconography safeguarded the monarchy even when their reign seemed to be hanging by a thread.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eDrawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Picardie explores the family feuds and international conflicts that challenged the Crown, and how royal fashion is wielded as a weapon. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"header-top\"\u003eAuthor bio:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003eJustine Picardie is the author of six books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture\u003c\/b\u003e, and the international bestseller,\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoco Chanel: The Legend and the Life\u003c\/b\u003e. She is a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar and was formerly an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times and columnist for the Telegraph. She was also editor of the Observer Magazine and features director of Vogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e384 pages \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47680904593562,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/fashioning-the-crown-9780571400508.jpg?v=1774646718","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/fashioning-the-crown-a-story-of-power-conflict-and-couture-justine-picardie","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}