This thorough & expansive guide to the fantastic history of the ancient warrior leadership & the monarchy from Saxon & Viking times is a comprehensive but hugely accessible guide to the ever-evolving role of leadership & royalty in Engl&, Scotl&, Wales & Irel&. ...

A guide to Britain's monarchs & their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times onwards. It explores lives & personalities of each monarch, their involvement in & effect on events in their reign. It provides information on the spirit, traditions & innovations of the nation at the time, including politics, arts, architecture & fashions. ...

A comprehensive compendium of the Kings & Queens of Britain from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day, including early Welsh, Irish, Scottish & English monarchs. It outlines the lives & personalities of the monarchs of each royal dynasty, lists the key events of their reigns & gives timelines & family trees. ...

Do you know who named the King Charles spaniel? Which forward thinking Queen first sat on a flushing toilet & who was infamous for chopping off heads? With lots of fun flaps, exciting pull tabs & two amazing pop-ups, your journey through history is about to begin. Explore Queen Elizabeth IIs fantastic carriage, discover the famous Tudors & meet Henry VIII, learn about who invented Christmas & go to war with Richard the Lionheart. ...

A copiously illustrated guide to the monarchs of the British Isles & Ireland from pre-Saxon times to the present, complete with concise genealogical charts & details of key historical events. The book is divided into five sections, together with a Compendium at the end. Part One, presents information about Pre-Saxon rule, including details about ancient British chiefs, Roman rulers & the Roman Conquest. Part Two provides information about Scotl&, Ireland & Wales, with sections on Robert I & the Wars of Independence, The Union of the Crowns, the Princes of Wales & the High Kingship of Irel&. Part Three discusses the Saxons, Normans & Plantagenets. Part Four gives details about the Tudors & Stuarts. Part Five presents an in-depth discussion of the houses from Hanover to Windsor. Parts Two to Five provide all the essential information you will need to know about Kings & Queens including details of birth, parents, accession to the throne, coronation, authority, personal status, death date & burial place for each monarch. In addition an overview is given for each reign outlining major events & personal tragedies, war, celebrations & conspiracies. ...

The story of the British monarchy told in a stunningly detailed & painstakingly researched encyclopaedia. In addition, over 500 paintings & photographs, cartoons & drawings, engravings, artefacts & sculptures show how the royals have been viewed by every generation. Key moments of constitutional crisis include the trial & execution of Charles I in 1649, & more recently the Abdication Crisis in 1936 when Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry American divorcee Mrs Wallace Simpson. The private life & public life of Princess Diana is described, as well as her sudden tragic death. A valuable reference book for any historian, this expert & authoritative guide will absorb, entertain & fascinate every reader interested in discovering more about one of the longest-running monarchies in the world. The size of this book is 30.5cm in height & 24cm wide with 256 pages ...

Helps children learn about every King & Queen of Britain from the Norman conquest to the present day by matching the stickers of important artefacts to their frames on each page. In this title, each frame is accompanied by fascinating historical facts. It contains over 100 stickers. ...

Conceived by the proprietors of The Kings County Distillery, this handsomely designed package contains a guided journal for whiskey

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King's Cross station was the terminus of the Great Northern Railway & was opened in 1852. Designed by Lewis Cubitt, it replaced a temporary station at Maiden Lane. It established itself as the London terminus of what is now known as the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh. From 1862, at 10 a.m. every weekday, the Flying Scotsman left King's Cross for the north, initially taking over ten hours to complete the journey but now taking only four hours from Edinburgh to London. Some of Britain's most famous locomotives, from the Ivatt Atlantics to the A3 & A4 Pacifics, Deltics & HSTs, have sped north from King's Cross. The underground station below the main line station encompasses six lines & was the scene of the disastrous King's Cross fire in 1987, following which it was rebuilt. King's Cross itself has been redeveloped many times over the years, & a fictional platform (9 3/4) made famous in the Harry Potter novels. Its Grade 1 listed facade has been revamped & the station enhanced to increase capacity. ...

As the year 1326 draws to a close, London is in flames. King Edward II is a prisoner, & the forces of his vengeful queen, Isabella, & her lover Sir Roger Mortimer, are in the ascendant. The Bardi family, bankers who have funded the King, must look to their future with the Queen, steering a careful course between rival factions
- if, that is, they can keep themselves alive. Others, too, find their loyalties torn. Guarding the deposed King on behalf of Mortimer, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill & bailiff Simon Puttock find themselves entangled in a tightening net of conspiracy, greed, betrayal & murder.
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