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'I loved this book!' - Alison Weir'[A] lively, gossipy forage through royal wardrobes' - Daily Mail'A sparkling history' - Dr Kate StrasdinPeek into the wardrobes of history's most fashionable royalsWhy did women wear such heavy and uncomfortable skirts in the Elizabethan era?What the hell happened to Charles II's pubic hair wig?How did Princess Diana's revenge dress become so iconic?Fashion for the royal family has long been one of their most powerful weapons. Every item of their clothing is imbued with meaning, history and majesty, telling a complex tale of the individuals who wore them and the houses they represented.From the draping of a fabric to the arrangements of jewels, the clothing worn by royals is anything but coincidental. King at just nine years old, Edward VI's clothes were padded to make him seem stronger and more manly; and the ever-conscious Elizabeth II insisted her coronation gown include all the representative flora of the commonwealth nations, and not just that of the United Kingdom. Yet reigning monarchs are not the only ones whose fashion sensibilities could mean make or break for the crown.Original and enlightening, Rosie Harte's complete history delicately weaves together the fashion faux pas and Vogue-worthy triumphs that chart the history of our royals from the Tudors to the Victorians right through to King Charles III and our twenty-first-century royal family. Travelling far beyond the bounds of the court, The Royal Wardrobe reveals the economic, social and political consequences of royal apparel, be it breeches, tiara, wig or waistcoat.Each stitch has a story, you just need to know how to read them

PRE-ORDER THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF THE VICTORIANS NOWALICE LOXTON says, 'Rosie Harte is a history trailblazer.'TRACY BORMAN says 'Rosie Harte has an eye for those illuminating details that reveal so much about the real people behind history.'In the tradition of Janina Ramirez's Femina and Emily Hauser's Mythica, VICTORIANA is the revolutionary new history of the Victorians through the extraordinary and ordinary women written out of it.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Victorian history, as we know it, is a story of power, progress, and empire. It is also, overwhelmingly, a story of great men.But that version of the past is only half the picture.Across Britain and its empire, women were not standing on the sidelines of change, but working, inventing, organising, performing, and resisting at every level of society, even as they were excluded from its official record.Here is Martha Grey, born into slavery and later a countess, who channelled her wealth into building communities across South Africa. Hertha Ayrton, an engineer whose work helped make electric light viable for everyday use. Cora Pearl, a courtesan who built a celebrity persona while reshaping the emerging beauty industry. Alongside them are coal miners and crime syndicates, political campaigners and professional athletes, artists, writers, and workers whose lives cut across the fault lines of class, race, and power.Victoriana, a groundbreaking history full of fascinating original research, reveals a world far more dynamic – and far less orderly – than the one we think we know. This is not a history of exceptions, but of a hidden majority: women who helped build the Victorian world, even as it denied them recognition.Sweeping, vivid, and sharply observed, Victoriana reframes a defining century, showing that to understand the Victorians, we need to see the whole story – starting with the women who were always part of it.