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Crown & sceptre : a new history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

Crown & sceptre : a new history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

Borman, Tracy, author.
Book 2022

"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...

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ISBN:
9780802159106
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition
Description:
xx, 555 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Crown and sceptre
New history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
Notes:
"First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
LCCN:
2021052950
Control Number:
3104660
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