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The Kings and Queens of Britain (Oxford Quick Reference) 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition

by John Cannon (Author), Anne Hargreaves (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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This authoritative and accessible guide to the British monarchy spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day House of Windsor. Generously illustrated with maps, photos, paintings, and genealogies, it contains a wealth of information on the rulers of Britain, including their policies, personalities, key dates, and legacies. There are almost 600 entries, which are organised by regions up to 1066 and by royal lines thereafter. Feature articles throughout
the guide provide in-depth information on key royal topics, including Coronations, Regalia, the Tower of London, and - new to this edition - Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral.

Revised and updated to include recent events, such as the second marriage of Prince Charles, this new edition also contains a topical introductory article on the changing role of the monarchy. There is a useful glossary, a list of recommended further reading, and a new appendix of recommended web links, accessed and kept up to date via a companion website.

Comprehensive and elegantly written, this fascinating guide to the British monarchy is an essential reference resource for teachers and students of British history, and for anyone with an interest in Britain's rulers through the ages.

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Professor John Cannon held the chair of Modern History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne until 1992. He has edited several titles, including The Letteres of Junius (1978), The Oxford Companion to British History (1997), and The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians (1988), which was awarded a Library Association prize for reference works. His other publications include The Fox-North Coalition (1969), Parliamentary Reform (1973), Aristocratic Century (1984), The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy (1986, 1998), and Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England (1994). Dr Anne Hargreaves was formerly a clinical academic at the Welsh National School of Medicine, and at the Universities of Liverpool and Newcastle. She was co-editor of Medicine in Northumbria (1993) and author of White as Whales Bone (1998), a study of dental practice in early modern England. She was a major contributor to the Oxford Companion to British History.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004OEK3A0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford; 2nd edition (March 26, 2009)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2009
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2574 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 417 pages

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Ben Nicholson

A very good reference book

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2010

It's a very good Reference book and split's the book into individual Kingdom's and House's (with little bit's of information on them). It also split's into the individual King's, Queen's, selected husband's and wife's of these monarch's and selected prince's, which makes it easy to pick out a part you wnat to look at. There's also little bit's about palace's and castle's. As well as family tree's and List's of the various monarch's and consorts of the kingdom's. It's a brilliant book and a must have reference book for a most of british kingdom's and brief information on The celts, roman occupation and the dark ages.

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Pictomaniac

good summary reference document

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013

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I especially wanted "trees" of the Scottish succession. I have read several good Scottish histories, but the successiions are complicated and confusing. This book includes several charts that are "just right."

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Benjamin C. Payne

Great Reference

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2012

A short, easy to read, reference to the kings an queens of Britain, and the other people who were major characters during their reigns.

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Michael K. Smith

Exceptional breadth for a quick-reference volume

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2012

There are any number of books on the market with similar titles and intent -- to provide a chronological compilation of brief biographical sketches of all the monarchs of England and Scotland, and perhaps Wales -- but this is one of the more useful, not to mention most complete, of that breed. Cannon is definitely an authority on the various royal families of Britain and he brings together here nearly 600 entries on anyone who ruled any part of Great Britain at any time. You will find not only the Plantagenets and the Stewarts, and so on, but the House of Dunkeld, the princes of Gwynedd and Powys, the chieftains of York in the viking period, the kings of Bernicia and East Sussex, and every other geographical subdivision that ever existed independently for even a generation or two. For the centuries before the Conquest, these are mostly very short, but then there is often very little known beyond the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle or various sagas. For the successors of William I, the essays are still rather succinct but give most of the key information about each monarch's reign. Moreover, Cannon includes sketches on important spouses, siblings, and rivals for power, such as Marie de Coucy, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Tudor, Perkin Warbeck, Oliver Cromwell, Queen Alexandra, and even Princess Diana. This not-large volume is part of the publisher's "Paperback Reference" series and as such it succeeds admirably.

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Juliet Whiteside

The Kings and Queens of Britain - a great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2014

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This book may be bought and used as a great reference.
However I read it through and found it fascinating.
The book starts with the earliest known history of Britain and gives details of the history of the separate nations which came to compose the United Kingdom.
These sections of the book are each written by different authors and I especially liked the humor and wit of the Irish contributers.
There is a description of each monarch together with details of their exploits and their families.
Altogether an excellent purchase, well worth reading and rereading.

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a j williams

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2019

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supplied all information i required

patrick

Great book, if you want to learn about our history, as it was!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019

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