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The title of Duke of York is traditionally assigned to the second
son of the English monarch. But what exactly does a Duke of York
do? Across the centuries dukes have served in the armed services on
land, at sea and in the air. They have worked as diplomats and
ambassadors and been patrons of the arts and sciences. Some have
also been given more unusual jobs such as investigating murders,
running a national lottery and supervising building at Westminster
Abbey. Several have gone on to become king, including Henry VIII,
Charles I and George VI. Some have died peacefully in their beds
whilst others faced a brutal end. This handsome, case-bound volume
containing over 450 meticulously researched pages takes a detailed
and entertaining look at how the fourteen holders of the title from
1385 to the present have each sought to redefine the role and at
the contribution each has made to the history of the country and
the welfare of its people. All proceeds from the sale of this
volume shall be donated to the On Course Foundation, a charity of
which HRH The Duke of York is patron. Margaret Bolton is a
specialist in the late medieval and early modern period with
particular focus on the reigns of Richard II and Henry VIII. Her
other research interests include the development of medical
knowledge in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the
relationship between diet and disease in the seventeenth century.
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