From Eltham & Greenwich to the east of the capital & the Tower of London Buckingham Palace Whitehall & Westminster in the centre to Hampton Court & Kew to the west Londons magnificent royal palaces past & present have always been places of beauty & power. Some remain working institutions & living homes; others have acquired new functions as show houses of history & art; all have remarkable tales to tell. Sumptuously illustrated throughout The Royal Palaces of London is the first major survey to bring together the stories of these buildings & the characters events & art that have filled their grand spaces & intimate corners from the Norman Conquest to modern times.