Royal Spectacle by Ian Radforth PAPERBACK 9780802086655

Royal Spectacle\nby Ian Radforth\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ian Radforth\nTitle: Royal Spectacle\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2004\nEdition: 2nd edition\nISBN-13: 9780802086655\nISBN-10: 0802086659\nRRP: \u00A343.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn 1860, Queen Victoria sent her eighteen-year-old son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, on a goodwill mission to Canada and the United States. The young heir-apparent (later King Edward VII) had not yet gained his reputation as a fashion setter and rake, but he nevertheless attracted enormous crowds both in Canada, where it was the first royal visit, and in the United States. Civic leaders hosted the visitor in princely style, decorating.