The Oxford book of royal anecdotes

Longford, Elizabeth, 1906-2002 (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0192141538
ISBN: 9780192141538
Physical Description: print
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xvi, 546 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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-