The Oxford book of royal anecdotes
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The Oxford book of royal anecdotes
Oxford University Press, 1989
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book contains a collection of tales and anecdotes which run chronologically to create a narrative history of the kings and queens of England from Boudicca to Elizabeth II. Sources range from early medieval chroniclers to present day biographers and historians. Elizabeth, Countess of Longford, is author of "Victoria RI", "The Queen Mother, a Biography" and "Elizabeth R".
Table of Contents
- The Celts and the Britons AD 61-AD 500 - Boudicca, Arthur
- the Saxons 560- 1016 - Ethelbert, Edwin, Ina, Offa, Caedwalla, Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund, Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar, Edward the Martyr, Ethelred the Unready, Edmund Ironside
- the Danes 1016-1066 - Cnut, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, Edward the Confessor, Harold
- the Normans 1066-1154 - William the Conquerer, William Rufus, Henry I, Stephen (and Matilda)
- the Angevins or Plantagenets 1154-1399 - Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II
- the Lancastrians 1399-1461 - Henry V, Henry VI
- the Yorkists 1461-1485 - Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III
- the Tudors 1485-1603 - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I
- the Stuarts 1603-1714 - James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne
- the Hanoverians 1714-1837 - George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV
- Victoria and her descendents - Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II.
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