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Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards - David Hilliam

Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards

Who's Who in the English Monarchy From Egbert to Elizabeth II

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Buch | Softcover
250 Seiten
2004
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-3553-1 (ISBN)
CHF 26,15 inkl. MwSt
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.

DAVID HILLIAM gave over 400 talks and wrote over 200 articles in local and national publications. His 18 books include the popular Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards and Monarchs, Murders and Mistresses (The History Press)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.6.2004
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 240 mm
Gewicht 420 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-7509-3553-7 / 0750935537
ISBN-13 978-0-7509-3553-1 / 9780750935531
Zustand Neuware
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