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    Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors
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    Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors
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    Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors

    Written by David Starkey

    Narrated by Jim Norton

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    About this audiobook

    David Starkey's ‘Monarchy’ charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.

    With both authority and verve, David Starkey unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, that lie behind the monarchs that form the backbone of British history.

    This magisterial study begins with the Tudors – five monarchs who ruled over England and Ireland until the reformation of the 1530s – and continues with the Stuarts who followed them. It includes Oliver Cromwell, a non monarch, who ruled as Lord Protector, a 'king in all but name', and the Georgians, a dynasty that began with the accession of George I and ended with the death of George IV. Queen Victoria, the longest reigning monarch in British history, and, finally, our present day Queen, Elizabeth II, who today reigns over sixteen independent nations make up the book’s latter stages.

    More important than this, ‘Monarchy’ encompasses the greatest and most notorious events in our history. From the War of the Roses to the infamous Gunpowder Plot, the bloody battles of the English Civil War to the madness of King George III, the Napoleonic Era to the heyday of Empire under Victoria, and finally to our present day Queen Elizabeth II,‘Monarchy’ offers a radical reappraisal of English nationhood, culture and politics, shown through the most central institution in English life. With characteristic insight and perceptiveness, Starkey gives new life to these figures, producing an entertaining picture of the building blocks upon which the England of today is built on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateSep 17, 2007
    ISBN9780007263141
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    Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors
    Author

    David Starkey

    David Starkey is Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of many books including ‘Elizabeth’; ‘Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII’ and ‘Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors’. He is a winner of the WH Smith Prize and the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History presented by Britain’s Historical Association. He is a well-known TV and radio personality. He was made a CBE in 2007. He lives in London.

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    • 5/5
      A David Starkey book and being read to me is just Wonderfull

      I love to read the history of Great Britain
      Every school should have a a David Starkey
      He just brings his subject to life
      A realy Wonderfull work,
    • 4/5
      Wonderfully interesting read, could have gone on for hours more. Very knowledgeable. Not afraid of saying exactly what needs to be said in the 21st century.
    • 4/5
      This is quite a fascinating book giving you a sanpshot of the Kings and Queens of England since Richard III and how Monarchy has adapted to meet the needs of the times and to ensure monarchy survived. Most focus is up to the time of Victoria, with a small section of 20th and 21st Century Monarchy. I would have liked more detail on the 20th and 21st Century but I learnt quite a lot about some Kings and Queens I knew little about. This is a companion to a TV series (which I haven't watched) and was listened to on audio, the narrator being the author! This somehow made it more poignant. It also helps you to see that Monarchy is going to need to adapt if it is to survive the 21st Century. Perhaps King William V will be the author of this change, just as his namesake William IV whilst only being King for 7 years was responsible for some of the major changes In the past. If you are interested in Monarchy I would recommend the book, but be aware there is only an hour at most (sometimes less) covering a monarch's reign because it is more about the monarchy than the monarch. At the end of the audiobook was an interview with the author which I also found very interesting.