The Oxford book of royal anecdotes
Edited by Elizabeth Longford
- New York Oxford University Press 1989
- 546 p
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.
59650
0192141538
9780192141538
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
History--Great Britain
History--Great Britain
941.0099 Oxf 15
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.
59650
0192141538
9780192141538
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
Anecdotes--Great Britain
History--Great Britain
History--Great Britain
941.0099 Oxf 15