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The Lives of the kings & queens of England / - 1st American ed. - New York : Knopf, 1975. - 360 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes index.

Coats of arms / J.P. Brooke-Little -- The Normans / John Gillingham -- The Angevins / John Gillingham -- The Plantagenets / Peter Earle -- The house of Lancaster / Anthony Cheetham -- The house of York / Anthony Cheetham -- The Tudors / Neville Williams -- The Stuarts / Maurice Ashley -- The house of Hanover / John Clarke and Jasper Ridley -- The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha / Jasper Ridley -- The house of Windsor / Richard Luckett. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction / Antonia Fraser --

Profiles the men and women who have inherited or seized the English crown since 1066 and assesses the political impact of their personalities and characteristics.

ISBN: 9780394495576 0394495578

LCCN: 74029035

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rois et souverains--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Kings and rulers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: DA28.1 / .L58 1975b

Dewey Class. No.: 929.7/2