Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Celts and the Britons, AD 61-AD 500 — The Saxons, 560-1016 — The Danes, 1016-1066 — The Normans, 1066-1154 — The Angevins or Plantagenets, 1154-1399 — The Lancastrians, 1399-1461 — The Yorkists, 1461-1485 — The Tudors, 1485-1603 — The Stuarts, 1603-1714 — The Hanoverians, 1714-1837 — Victoria and her descendants, 1837- .
- Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels–from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain’s history from the first century A.D. to the present day.
Subjects:
- Great Britain — Kings and rulers — Anecdotes.
- Princes — Great Britain — Anecdotes.
- Princesses — Great Britain — Anecdotes.
- Monarchy — Great Britain — Anecdotes.
- Great Britain — History — Anecdotes.
- Anecdotes — Great Britain.
- Great Britain Royal families, history
Requested by Bibus, K