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Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-28 - Publisher: Penguin UK
'After my death,' George V said of his eldest son and heir, 'the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.' The forecast proved uncannily accurate. Edward VII
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-25 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-04 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade E
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06 - Publisher: Penguin UK
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined a
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-04 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Written by Philip Ziegler, one of Britain's most celebrated biographers, George VI is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of Engl
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-27 - Publisher: Penguin UK
From the celebrated historian and author of Europe: A History, a new life of George II George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover, came
Language: en
Pages: 144
Pages: 144
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-04 - Publisher: Penguin UK
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant pr
Language: en
Pages: 112
Pages: 112
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-04 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-27 - Publisher: Penguin UK
In September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. During her long lifetime Britain and the world have changed beyond recognition,
