An illustrated survey of the dynasties of English royalty from the establishment of the monarchical power base by the early Norman kings through to the late Queen Elizabeth II. A glorious pageant of a thousand years of England's history, told through the lives and deeds of her sovereigns. Here in a sweep of colourful episodes are the stories of the many monarchs, some merry, some cruel, some heroic or sinister or perverse, who span ten great dynasties from the invading Normans in 1066 to the House of Windsor today. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white...