Kings and Queens of Britain

KINGS & QUEENS OF BRITAIN provides a complete and personal survey of the monarchs of England, from the early Celtic and Saxon Kings to the House of Windsor. Additional charts and notes include the kings of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Starting with Celtic Britain before the Roman invasion - Cassivelaunus, Tascioranus, Cartimandua, Boudicca, etc. - the book takes us through the 'Celtic Twilight' which preceded the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and the coming of Christianity to the unification of England culminating in the first English coronation at Bath in 973. The Norman invasion heralded the great age of Plantagenets and the house of Anjou from Henry II to the fall of Richard III at Bosworth Field, and the start of the Tudor reigns. With the accession of James VI of Scotland and I of England the book covers the British monarchs through the Stuarts and Hanoverians to our present Royal family, and contains throughout concise and authoritative factual information. It is enlivened by many personal anecdotes about the lives of these most fascinating and historically influential people. Lavishly produced and illustrated in colour and monochrome with clear genealogical tables, this is a book which will add a new dimension to the study of the monarchy in the British Isles.