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| The Lives Of The Kings & Queens Of England | 
| Creators: Antonia Fraser, Wanda Mccaddon
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 436869
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 5.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1572704330
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.0099
UPC: 601531543327
EAN: 9781572704336
ASIN: 1572704330
Publication Date: January 30, 2005
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 The Lives of the Kings and Queends of England August 30, 2008
If you enjoy and read novels, biographies or history books about England and Europe this is a must have reference book. Very condensed, dry and factual history but a tremendous help in keeping people, time and places in order and perspective.
willy March 15, 2008
If your a history buff like I am you will love this book. It is a must for those interested in the past.
 Entertaining and Informative September 29, 2007
I love this book. Even with all of the reading I have done on the British Monarchy, this book had never before seen pictures. My only complaint would be that it often focuses more on political events rather than personal lives. But, there is wonderful information in this book, and I have enjoyed every page.
Beautiful coffee table book July 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a lover of British royal history, I think this is a fantastic overview that 'sums' things up, devoting a few pages to tell the story of each monarch. Antonia Fraser manages to pass on a lot of information in short form. The illustrations are wonderful, as are the charts (although as someone else mentioned, they are missing some details for us serious fanatics). I consider this is a great compilation if you just want the big picture, or a starting point to jump off into detailed biographies of individual monarchs and/or houses.
Good springboard into British history July 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My dad gave me this lovely book for Christmas back in '99, and I have used it as a reference ever since. Although it is a splendid read from cover-to-cover, I find that it is one of the best books out there to really whet the appetite for more in-depth research into the monarch, rebel or time period of your choice.
The genealogy charts are fun to puzzle out, and the illustrations, including coats of arms, maps, tapestries and portraits, add extra personality to the history, which is, in itself, fascinating.
Of course, a book of this length only scratches the surface of the noble, scandalous, shocking and never-dull lives of the British monarchs, their families, friends and enemies, so you must dig deeper if any one subject appeals to you. All in all, a well-written, organized and illustrated overview of a sizeable chunk of history.
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