The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Published: 1999-09
Total Pages: 808
ISBN-13: 9780786706921
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers more than 1000 rulers and two millennia of history
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Published: 1999-09
Total Pages: 808
ISBN-13: 9780786706921
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers more than 1000 rulers and two millennia of history
Author: Carolly Erickson
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1429904046
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, Royal Panoply is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history. With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose, and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson focuses on each monarch's entire life---from the puny, socially awkward Charles I, to the choleric, violent William the Conqueror, to the well-meaning, deeply affectionate Queen Anne, who was so heavy she had to be carried to her coronation. Royal Panoply recaptures the event-filled, often dangerous, always engaging lives of England's kings and queens, set against the backdrop of a thousand years of Britain's past.
Author: Carolly Erickson
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781845295035
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book contains wonderfully illuminating portraits of each English monarch from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II.
Author: Antonia Fraser
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000-02
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780520224605
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A compendium of illustrated biographies of the British monarchs, revised throughout and updated to include the recent history of the Windsors.
Author: Christopher Cannon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-04-18
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0745654762
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Author: Harvey Eugene Lehman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1418496928
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This informative entertaining read tells, with wit and understanding, England
Author: H. Eugene Lehman
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 701
ISBN-13: 9781463430566
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The companion for Lives of England's monarchs: the story of our American English heritage."
Author: Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher: DK
Published: 2023-05-16
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780744086980
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the Saxons to the Windsors, from the Tudors to Hanovers, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Kings and Queens of England and Scotland comprehensively chronicle the drama and fortunes of the royal dynasties. Confused about which Henry had six wives and which one was crowned at the age of eight? Want to know more about the birth of Prince George Alexander Louis? The year-by-year chronologies and major events of each monarch's reign are extensively covered in this fascinating volume. Tracing the history of Britain's monarchs through family trees, this stylishly illustrated guide presents an insightful overview of the royal houses. Their private and public lives are encapsulated through contemporary poets, artifacts, paintings, and photographs. Features on key achievements of each monarch help you get an in-depth knowledge of how they shaped the countries of England and Scotland to be what it is today. With easy-to-read text and crisp biographies of each sovereign, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland is an essential encyclopedia for history buffs of all ages.
Author: Daniel Chalke
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 1452183740
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Royal portraits and fast historical facts on rulers from King Athelstan to Queen Elizabeth II. Whether famed like Queen Victoria or a bit more obscure like King Sweyn Forkbeard, this collection tells a story that spans more than a thousand years, showcasing the fifty-nine English monarchs who preceded King Charles. It features portraits from prestigious galleries like the National Portrait Gallery in London, each a beautiful, miniature work of art set in an elegant gilt frame, paired with fascinating details of the monarch’s reign. Perfect for reference, study, or an entertaining browse through history, Monarchs of England makes learning about the English monarchy a visual treat.
Author: David Starkey
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2010-10-28
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 0007424825
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated.