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Umbrella Unfurled (Hardcover)
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Umbrella Unfurled (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R315
Discovery Miles 3 150
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Universally recognisable, the umbrella and its older, prettier
sister the parasol have made their mark. Politics, religion, war
and fashion have all been influenced by this modest contraption.
With a beautiful collection of images, The Umbrella Unfurled
follows its hero to Ancient Egypt, where at first it was for the
Pharaoh's use only. References and physical representations of it
are found throughout the Old World, often bearing great symbolic
and ceremonial weight. Yet despite its more practical reputation in
the West, it still holds cultural significance. As the ultimate
accoutrement to the fashionable Edwardian lady; as part of the
rank-and-file uniform of the City gentleman; it even made it onto
the battlefield, though against the better judgement of the Duke of
Wellington. And it has been wielded with more sinister intent as
the weapon of choice by the KGB in seeking to dispatch dissidents
abroad. Decorative, useful, symbolic and even deadly, the umbrella
has a story older and more elaborate that one might think, all
related in a highly entertaining gift book that could only have
been written by an Englishman.
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