02685nam 2200577 a 450 991078209000332120230829001649.00-8214-4209-0(CKB)1000000000521652(EBL)1773367(OCoLC)191944035(SSID)ssj0000285350(PQKBManifestationID)11226485(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285350(PQKBWorkID)10278324(PQKB)10438055(MdBmJHUP)muse9509(Au-PeEL)EBL1773367(CaPaEBR)ebr10156420(MiAaPQ)EBC1773367(EXLCZ)99100000000052165220050922d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe wake of Wellington[electronic resource] Englishness in 1852 /Peter W. SinnemaAthens Ohio University Pressc20061 online resource (199 p.)Series in Victorian StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1679-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; 1 Aftereffects; 2 First Rehearsal; 3 Second Rehearsal; 4 The Waiting Game; 5 Obsequies and Sanctification; 6 Irish Opposition; 7 Epilogue The Hyde Park Corner Controversy; Notes; Bibliography; Index Soldier, hero, and politician, the Duke of Wellington is one of the best-known figures of nineteenth-century England. From his victory at Waterloo over Napoleon in 1815, he rose to become prime minister of his country. But Peter Sinnema finds equal fascination in Victorian England's response to the Duke's death. The Wake of Wellington considers Wellington's spectacular funeral pageant in the fall of 1852-an unprecedented event that attracted one and a half million spectators to London-as a threshold event against which the life of the soldier-hero and High-Tory statesman could be re-vieweSeries in Victorian StudiesFuneral rites and ceremoniesGreat BritainHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, EnglishHistory19th centuryEnglandCivilization19th centuryFuneral rites and ceremoniesHistoryNational characteristics, EnglishHistory941.07092Sinnema Peter W1469232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782090003321The wake of Wellington3680652UNINA