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Coronation
Paul Gallico
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Description for Coronation
Hardback. Published to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184. 160 pages. Published to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 118 x 186 x 16. Weight: 186.
A heartwarming and tender story of a family’s winding journey to witness Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation Coronation Day, 2 June 1953 The Claggs, a humble, working class family from Sheffield, are offered tickets to a once-in-a-lifetime-event – the Queen’s coronation. Forsaking their annual seaside holiday for the promise of a prime viewing spot of the procession route and luxurious champagne, the Clagg family take the plunge and buy tickets for the momentous day. But in true Gallico fashion, not everything goes smoothly. Will their tickets be everything they hoped and dreamed? Will granny stop grumbling that ... Read more
A heartwarming and tender story of a family’s winding journey to witness Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation Coronation Day, 2 June 1953 The Claggs, a humble, working class family from Sheffield, are offered tickets to a once-in-a-lifetime-event – the Queen’s coronation. Forsaking their annual seaside holiday for the promise of a prime viewing spot of the procession route and luxurious champagne, the Clagg family take the plunge and buy tickets for the momentous day. But in true Gallico fashion, not everything goes smoothly. Will their tickets be everything they hoped and dreamed? Will granny stop grumbling that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408830222
SKU
V9781408830222
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico was born in New York City, of Italian and Austrian parentage, in 1897, and attended Columbia University. From 1922 to 1936 he worked on the New York Daily News as sports editor, columnist, and assistant managing editor. In 1936 he bought a house on top of a hill at Salcombe in South Devon and settled down with a ... Read more
Reviews for Coronation
It is almost impossible not to succumb to Gallico's spell
Times Literary Supplement
Beautifully written, as you'd expect from the author of the Snow Goose, it's a wonderful evocation of that special day in the life of so many Britons
Choice Magazine
Times Literary Supplement
Beautifully written, as you'd expect from the author of the Snow Goose, it's a wonderful evocation of that special day in the life of so many Britons
Choice Magazine