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Elizabeth Longford, ed.
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes.
Published Oxford U.P., 1991 reprint (previously issued 1991; hardback was 1989).
ISBN 0192828517;
ISBN-13 9780192828514.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., Bungay.
Size: 128x196x40mm.
Page count: xxiii,546pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners, some faint creasing on the spine; pages yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 435g.

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Presents a selection of (usually brief) extracts from contemporary sources for each monarch from Ethelbert to Elizabeth II, preceded by short sections on Boudicca and Arthur.

Contents: Celts & Britons, AD 61 — AD 500; Saxons, 560-1016; Danes 1016-1066; Normans 1066-1154; Angevins/Plantagenets, 1154-1399; Lancastrians, 1399-1461; Yorkists, 1461-1485; Tudors, 1485-1603; Stuarts, 1603-1714; Hanoverians, 1714-1837; Victoria & descendants, 1837- .

Introduction: 8pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans:
Genealogies: 6
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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