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A Brief History of the British Monarchy
From the Iron Age to King Charles III
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The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, A Brief History of the British Monarchy charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more...
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Description
The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, A Brief History of the British Monarchy charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III.
Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royalty and state, of divisions, invasions, rivalries, death and glory; the story of national fates deeply tied with the personal endeavours of monarchs through the ages.
Jeremy Black expertly weaves together thematic chapters from the origins of monarchy, medieval times and sixteenth-century developments, to the crises of the seventeenth-century, settlement and imperialism, and the challenges of the modern age.
Exploring the House of Wessex, the Norman Conquest, Henry VIII and the Tudors, Victorianism, and key events such as the abdication of Edward VIII, this book is a necessary and comprehensive guide to the British Monarchy and how it has shaped history—and our lives today.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472147912
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Robinson
Illustration: Mono illustrations of family tree
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Jeremy Black is a British historian, writer and former Professor of History at the University of Exeter. As the author of over 180 books, his work adds up to the most sustained presentation of British history in recent decades. He is a major exponent of military, diplomatic and cartographic history and has been important in helping the British to look at their past, as well as in representing British history to foreign audiences. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, US.
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