Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy Earth sciences Jess Walter flexes his genre

Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and selects twenty short stories that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year

and stunning artwork by bestselling artist Rafael López

His mother

This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing

Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy Earth sciences Jess Walter flexes his genreWhat is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation. What do people talk most about? A Coronation. What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation. Horace Walpole, 1761 As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the greatest public event of the century. But now, so many years later, many people have little notion of what a coronation is and are unaware of the