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Borman, Tracy.
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Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History.
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Borman, Tracy.
Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History.
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Crown
&
sceptre
: a
new
history
of the
British
monarchy
, from
William
the
Conqueror
to
Elizabeth
II
/ Tracy Borman.
by
Borman, Tracy.
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Call #:
941.0099 B735c
Subjects
Monarchy
-- Great Britain --
History
.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession --
History
.
ISBN:
9780802159106 (hc)
Alternate title:
New
history
of the
British
monarchy
, from
William
the
Conqueror
to
Elizabeth
II
Edition:
1st Grove Atlantic hardcover ed.
Description:
xx, 555 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color), genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Since
William
the
Conqueror
, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold
II
and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: 'shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs,' as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle,
Crown
&
Sceptre
. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the throne's occupant been unambiguously English-the Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day have dominated the throne. Appealing to the intrinsic fascination with
British
royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Glorious Revolution of 1688, have more ceremonially reigned-a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the
monarchy
as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and opinions of its people, avoiding the storms of rebellion that brought many of Europe's royals to an abrupt end. Richard III; Henry VIII;
Elizabeth
I; George III; Victoria;
Elizabeth
II
: their names evoke eras and dramatic events, forming the sweep of
British
history
that Borman recounts. She is equally attuned to the fabric of
monarchy
: the impact of royal palaces; the way monarchs have been portrayed in art, on coins, in the media; the ceremony and pageantry surrounding the
crown
. In 2024,
Elizabeth
II
would eclipse France's Louis XIV as the longest reigning monarch in
history
.
Crown
&
Sceptre
is a fitting tribute to her remarkable longevity and that of the magnificent institution she represents."--Publisher.
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