[PDF/ePub] Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II Writen By Tracy Borman

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Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

By : Tracy Borman

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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 throne's occupant been unambiguously English--whether Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day.Acknowledging the intrinsic fascination with British royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, more ceremonially reigned--a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the monarchy as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and

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Author : Tracy Borman

Pages : 576 pages

Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press

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ISBN-10 : 9780802159106

ISBN-13 : 9780802159106

 

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