Kings and Queens: The Concise Guide
Author(s): Richard Cavendish
This is a handy-format, fully comprehensive guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times to the present day. This title explores the lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides additional information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of the nation at the time, including politics, arts, architecture and fashions. It is a magnificent visual feast in an appealing format, which guarantees to bring history alive for readers of all ages, through exciting narrative, renowned paintings and rare archive photographs.
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Richard Cavendish is an author and historian who has written many books and contributed to hundreds of others. His work also appears regularly in History Today magazine. He lives in West London. Pip Leahy is a freelance writer and researcher. She was the chief researcher on Castles (D&C, 2005) and works at the University of Plymouth.
Introduction; 1 Early Kingdoms & Territories; 2 Pre-Conquest England; 3 Scotland 1034-1329; 4 The Normans; 5 Angevins & Plantagenets; 6 Lancaster & York; 7 Scotland 1329-1625; 8 The Tudors; 9 The Stuarts; 10 The Hanoverians; 11 The Windsors; The Family Trees; Picture Credits; Acknowledgments; Index.
General Fields
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- : David & Charles
- : David & Charles
- : 0.626
- : 30 September 2007
- : 150mm X 114mm X 39mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard Cavendish
- : Hardback
- : en
- : 941.0099
- : 480
- : 200 colour illustrations