The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England
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Includes index.
Introduction / by Antonia Fraser -- Coats of arms / by J.P. Brooke-Little -- The Normans ; The Angevins / by John Gillingham -- The Plantagenets / by Peter Earle -- The House of Lancaster ; The House of York / by Anthony Cheetham -- The Tudors / by Neville Williams -- The Stuarts / by Maurice Ashley -- The House of Hanover / by John Clarke, Jasper Ridley -- The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha / by Jasper Ridley -- The House of Windsor / by Andrew Roberts -- Genealogical tables.
This essential reference is a concise, accessible guide to the great dynasties of English royalty. The collection of biographical sketches encompasses the period from the establishment of monarchical power by the early Norman kings through the reign of Elizabeth II. This updated edition includes a new essay describing the recently tumultuous reign of the Windsors. Included are details of the weddings of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; the acrimonious collapse of the marriages; the effect the media have had on the royal family's image; and the fire at Windsor Castle. Such recent events as Diana's tragic death, the decommissioning of the "Royal Yacht Britannia," and the launching of Queen Elizabeth's own website are also discussed.
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PUBLISHED
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999, ©1998.
Year Published: 1998
Description: 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0520224604
9780520224605
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Fraser, Antonia, 1932-
SUBJECTS
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.