Martin Williams
Martin Williams is a London-based author, historian and public speaker who worked at Christie’s, Bonhams and Sotheby’s Institute of Art before he became a full-time writer. His first book, The King is Dead, Long Live the King!, was an account of the social and cultural impact of the death of King Edward VII in 1910. In 2023, it was selected as a Times ‘Book of the Week’ and a Country Life ‘Book of the Year’.
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The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
The fascinating true story of the events surrounding the year 1910 when King Edward VII died, sending shockwaves through Britain. 'I could read Martin Williams…
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The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King…