The British Monarchy On Screen

Moving images of the British monarchy, in fact and fiction, are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. British monarchs even appeared in the new 'animated photography' from 1896, led by Queen Victoria. Half a c...

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Main Author: Merck, Mandy (auth)
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Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 20160201
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