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Revision as of 22:52, 2 May 2011
 Front of the dust cover of Throne of a Thousand Years from 1996. | |
| Author | Jacob Truedson Demitz |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Swedish history |
| Publisher | Ristesson Ent |
Publication date | December 1996 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
| Pages | 332 |
| ISBN | 978-91-630-5030-5 |
| OCLC | 36647578 |
| LC Class | DL644.1 .D46 1996 |
Throne of a Thousand Years was published in December 1996 as the only original book ever written especially for English readers about the kings and queens of Sweden and their impact on Scandinavian history and European dynastics.
Sponsored mainly by Ericsson, ABB and the Swedish Postal Service, the account was authored by Jacob Truedson Demitz and published by Ristesson Ent in Ludvika and Los Angeles. A fictional chronicler called Erik, Son of Riste relates the factual story, which is followed by fact boxes about each of the 66 monarchs covered and a number of ancestry charts. Illustrations (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 are included as well as an appended text rendition in Swedish.
Throne of a Thousand Years (ISBN 91-630-5030-7)[1][2] had more than 30 years of research by the author[3] before it was published, and it was then appreciated by Dala-Demokraten particularly for its English-language name forms, exonyms for pre-20th-century Swedish royalty, and a “refreshing” lack of nationalism,[4] also by Nya Ludvika Tidning for its general interest and for easy access to hard-to-find facts.[5]
When donated to selected institutions, the book fulfilled collection requirements as a reference work and has been included as such at more than 180 libraries. These include the national libraries of 73 countries,[6] regional libraries of all now-external areas once ruled by the Swedish kingdom (such as Delaware and St. Bart's), embassy and consular libraries, as well as personal collections maintained by a number of current sovereigns and by the head of each royal house still living that has been on the Swedish throne.[7]
Royal name format for Throne of a Thousand Years was partially altered in 1989 on the advice of Professor Emeritus Sten Carlsson of Uppsala University, and before publication the book’s contents were also reviewed without prejudice by Swedish historians Professor Jan Svanberg and Dr. Michael Nordberg. The edition of only 1,000 copies sold well once bookshops such as NK and the Sweden House Tourist Centre were stocked with small supplies of the book, and it has been out of print since 2001.
A 9-page bibliography,[8] mostly from the author’s own 500-volume library, reveals the width of his historical and etymological reading and research as a layman. The Demitz Collection of Historical-Biographical Literature has been accepted in advance for posthumous donation to the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College (named for King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden), which made the owner-author a member, as of 2005, of that university’s Gustavus Heritage Partnership.[9][10]
References & notes
- ^ "Throne of a thousand years". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ Scandinavica. 36: p.283. 1997.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help); Missing or empty|title=(help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Göran Pettersson in Borlänge Tidning 1996-06-26 p. 12
- ^ Kyhle, Lars (May 29, 1997) Dala-Demokraten, p. 3
- ^ Anders Winroth in Nya Ludvika Tidning 1997-02-25 p. 13
- ^ q. v. through Internet where each national library's catalogue is available online
- ^ "Throne of a Thousand Years, All About the 1996 Book". Ristesson Files. Retrieved 2008-12-18 complete list.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ book’s pp. 181-189
- ^ Gustavus Heritage Partnership Membership 2009 (catalogue) Gustavus Adolphus College p. 4
- ^ Image at Commons
