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Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards - Who's Who in the English Monarchy From Egbert to Elizabeth II (Paperback, New ed)
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Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards - Who's Who in the English Monarchy From Egbert to Elizabeth II (Paperback, New ed)
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Who invented the 'House of Windsor' as a royal name? Who founded
Westminster Abbey? Which king had twenty-one illegitimate children?
David Halliam answers all these questions and more. Here is a
continuous history of the English monarchy, showing how the nine
dynasties rose and fell. The book describes the most memorable
features of the life and times of each king or queen - from Egbert,
crowned in 802 and considered the first king of England, to Queen
Elizabeth II - as well as recording the extraordinary lives of
their queens, consorts, mistresses and bastard children. It also
tells the story of the Saxons, describes what has happened to the
monarchs' mortal remains, and relates many lively incidents of
royal history that rarely appear in the text books. Read of the
saintly Edward the Confessor, who is believed to have refused to
consummate his marriage; of the rumbustious Henry VIII, given to
beheading those who displeased him; of the 'little gentleman in
black velvet', who caused the death of William III; and of Queen
Victoria's strange servant, the 'Munshi', Queen Emma, who endured a
trial by ordeal; and Anne Boleyn, widely suspected of being a
witch. A complete list of the monarchs' reigns and a genealogical
table showing the royal descent down thirty-seven generations from
Egbert to Elizabeth II adds to the volume's reference value.
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