''Throne of a Thousand Years'' is a

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book by author Jacob Truedson Demitz, first published in 1996 and again in 2020 as ''Centuries of Selfies''. It was the first

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historical account solely about the monarchs of Sweden. It details their personal histories, the impact of their reigns on

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n history, and the political implications of disclosed

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ties in Europe. Sponsored mainly by

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and the Swedish Postal Service, the 1996 account was published by Ristesson Ent in

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and

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. A fictional chronicler called Erik, Son of Riste relates the factual story, followed by fact boxes about each of the 66 monarchs covered and a number of ancestry charts. Illustrations in the 1996 version (if not otherwise noted in the book) are portrait drawings by the author made from the 1960s to the 1990s, and 3 differently sorted lists of persons were included as well as an appended text rendition in Swedish.

Reception

''Throne of a Thousand Years'' was particularly praised by ''

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'' for its English-language name forms,

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s for pre-20th-century Swedish royalty, and a "refreshing" lack of nationalism, and by '' Nya Ludvika Tidning'' for its general interest and for easy access to hard-to-find facts.

2020 edition

Making extensive use of donations from 2016 on, by the National Museum of Sweden to

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, a new full color edition called ''Centuries of Selfies'' was published in 2020 with a preface by

Ulf Sundberg Ulf Eskil Erik Sundberg (born 29 September 1956) is a Swedes, Swedish economist, historian and author of books and magazine articles. Sundberg was born in Stockholm, graduated ''Studentexamen'' from Whitlockska samskolan, Whitlockska in 1976, an ...

. In the updated version's historical account, Erik, Son of Riste has been excluded, whereas comprehensive new chapters covering the royal dynasties and burials, respectively, have been added to the book.Book's index and preface

External links

LIBRIS listing, National Library of Sweden

Library of Congress listing

References

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