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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Phillips, Dorothy Anne (1938-....)
Titre(s) : Victor and Evie [Texte imprimé] : British aristocrats in wartime Rideau Hall / Dorothy Anne Phillips
Publication : Montreal (Québec) : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xxxi, 391 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-375) and index
"In the middle of the Great War, Victor Cavendish, the ninth Duke of Devonshire, and
his wife Lady Evelyn landed in Halifax in November 1916 so he could serve as the governor
general of Canada. Throughout the difficult years of the First World War and its aftermath,
the new governor general travelled extensively, oversaw policy, presided over Canada's
rejection of the British honours system, and walked a fine line between the colonial
authorities and Canada's desire for greater independence. Meanwhile, the duchess managed
their home at Rideau Hall and fretted over propriety between her daughters and the
young male staff who lived with them. In Victor and Evie, Dorothy Anne Phillips provides
an intimate portrait of a family at the centre of Canadian social and political life.
Based on personal letters released in 2005, the correspondence of an aide-de-camp,
the duke's diary, and other primary documents, Phillips constructs a detailed inquiry
into the family's relationships with each other and with the promin
Sujet(s) : Cavendish, Victor (1868-1938)
Cavendish, Evelyn (1870-1960)
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Canada
Ottawa (Canada) -- Rideau Hall
Indice(s) Dewey :
971.06 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Canada - 1911-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773551350. - ISBN 0773551352. - ISBN 9780773552210 (erroné) (epdf). - ISBN
9780773552227 (erroné) (epub)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45799313k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45799313
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Canada beckons ; Getting settled in the colony ; Maintaining imperial standards
; Honours : the first conflict ; The blossoming of Lady Maud ; Summer adventures,
1917 ; Crises of state ; A most notable wedding ; Travels from coast to coast
; A troubled winter, 1918 ; Honours : the "unmitigated nuisance" returns ; Blue
sea lake and other summer pleasures, 1918 ; Influenza, armistice, and aftermath
; Parliament rejects British hereditary honours Again ; Evie in England, 1919 ;
The Winnipeg General Strike ; The duty and pleasure of summer 1919 ; The Prince
of Wales, and other peacetime pleasures ; Dorothy and Harold ; The end of an era.
