Anna Keay

The Restless Republic THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Eleven years when Britain had no king. In 1649, Britain was engulfed by revolution. On a raw January afternoon, the Stuart king, Charles I, was executed for treason. Within weeks, the English...

The Last Royal Rebel is described as "brilliant and revelatory... a superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject" by the Daily Telegraph. James, Duke of Monmouth, the cherished illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the very year his grandfather was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Removed from his mother...

1649. King Charles I had been executed. A quarter of a million had died in the Second English Civil War. Two hundred great houses stood in ruins, with hundreds of villages and towns left battered and broken. The monarchy, the House of Lords, and the Church of England were all abruptly abolished. What next? This is the story of 1649...

This sumptuous volume, which includes a complete inventory of every item of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history that is still in use today. For anyone with either a professional or a personal interest in jewellery and history, The Crown Jewels will be a delight....