Robert Lacey

In this incredible companion to the second and third seasons of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Elizabeth II, Lacey examines the key social, political, and personal moments and their effects not only on...

In the year 1000, the world was one of mystery and magicians, monks, warriors, and wandering merchants—people who feared an apocalypse and had no idea what year it was or what lay beyond the nearest valley. It was a world of dark forests and Viking adventures, in which fear was real and death a constant companion. People felt they walked...

'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.' Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Crowned at 25, she was already a wife and mother. Follow the journey of a woman learning to...