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| Lavish coverage of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth
II which took place in 1977 culminated in the publication of the tenth
of the famous Record Numbers,
(Appendix List No. 175). It appeared early
in 1977 and was in the form of a series of 12 fully illustrated essays
by authors of great repute. It is worth listing these essays in order
of their appearance: The Queen and the Monarchy by Sir Arthur Bryant;
the decline of power by Lord Blake; the brave new world of science by
Tony Osman; building for the future by Tony Aldous; the visual arts transformed
by Edwin Lucie-Smith; new voices in literature by Michael Ratcliffe; towards
a national theatre by J. C. Trewin; the cinema of discovery by Michael
Billington; a few peaks in the world of sport by Geoffrey Green; the growth
of an operatic tradition by Margaret Davies, a golden age of ballet by
Ursula Robertshaw and Jubilees of the past by Sir Charles Petrie. 8 colour
plates add lustre to this fine edition. |
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