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2) Crown & sceptre: a new history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents a portrait of Henry VIII through the lens of his relationships with the men who surrounded him--companions, confidants, servants, ministers, and rivals--and explores how they impacted his life and historic reign.
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