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A carregar... Britain's Kings & Queenspor George Bellew
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I've never kept up with British monarchs and only vaguely knew who ruled a handful of time periods in reference to events in the rest of the world. Forget who was the III or a V. This small book, a handbook if you will, is a guide to all the reigning royals from Egbert in 802 to Elizabeth II in the present. The synoposes for each ruler weaves in just enough of family drama to know why the succession skipped a sibling or went to an uncle, but also enough external political relations to follow Britain from battles between the English and the Danes, the "two races" on the island, to the power of the German House of Hanover culminating with Victoria. As someone relatively clueless about royal families beyond the general backstabbing and blood clotting issues, this was an absorbing, contextual read. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Providing a concise snapshot of all 56 rulers who have sat on the English throne since Alfred the Great in the 9th century to the present day, this beautifully illustrated guide--complete with diagrams of family trees--provides an informative and fascinating overview of all of the royal rulers. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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