William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)

William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)
Title William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Keates
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 107
Release 2015-04-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0141976888

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William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting France, initiating an immensely long period of warfare and colonial expansion. Jonathan Keates' wonderful book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd 'Dutch' William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.

William and Mary (Penguin Monarchs)

William and Mary (Penguin Monarchs)
Title William and Mary (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Keates
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2015-06-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 014197687X

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William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting France, initiating an immensely long period of warfare and colonial expansion. Jonathan Keates' wonderful book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd 'Dutch' William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.

William I (Penguin Monarchs)

William I (Penguin Monarchs)
Title William I (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author Marc Morris
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 116
Release 2016-08-25
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 014197785X

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On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to come. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at any point before or since. Marc Morris's concise and gripping biography sifts through the sources of the time to give a fresh view of the man who changed England more than any other, as old ruling elites were swept away, enemies at home and abroad (including those in his closest family) were crushed, swathes of the country were devastated and the map of the nation itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever to the king. When, towards the end of his reign, William undertook a great survey of his new lands, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God, the Domesday Book. England had been transformed forever.

The Gardens of William and Mary

The Gardens of William and Mary
Title The Gardens of William and Mary PDF eBook
Author David Jacques
Publisher Christopher Helm Publishing Company
Pages 262
Release 1988
Genre Gardening
ISBN

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The publication of this book marks the tercentenary of the revolution which swept King James VII and II off the thrones of Scotland and England and saw his sister Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange appointed co-monarchs in his stead.

George V (Penguin Monarchs)

George V (Penguin Monarchs)
Title George V (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author David Cannadine
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 119
Release 2014-12-04
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 014197690X

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For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an effective war-leader and inventor of 'the House of Windsor'. In an era of ever greater media coverage--frequently filmed and initiating the British Empire Christmas broadcast--George became for 25 years a universally recognised figure. He was also the only British monarch to take his role as Emperor of India seriously. While his great rivals (Tsar Nicolas and Kaiser Wilhelm) ended their reigns in catastrophe, he plodded on. David Cannadine's sparkling account of his reign could not be more enjoyable, a masterclass in how to write about Monarchy, that central--if peculiar--pillar of British life.

William IV (Penguin Monarchs)

William IV (Penguin Monarchs)
Title William IV (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author Roger Knight
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 160
Release 2015-08-27
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0141977213

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William IV, the 'Sailor King', reigned for just seven years. Rash and impetuous as a young man, he was sent to join the navy by his father, George III, to bring him to order, but he was overpromoted at an early age and saw his years of active service marked by a series of calamities. He was also notorious for his mounting debts and his long relationship with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he had ten children. Yet, as Roger Knight, one of Britain's foremost naval historians, shows in this concise and perceptive biography, William's bluff, unpolished sailor's manner made him popular with the people. Inheriting the throne amid strikes, riots and the push for parliamentary reform, he helped see the country through the great constitutional crisis of the era. Despite his many flaws, he was perhaps a better king than sailor, leaving the monarchy in a healthier state than when he found it, and enabling the smooth succession of his niece, Victoria.

Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)

Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
Title Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs) PDF eBook
Author Helen Castor
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 116
Release 2018-03-01
Genre History
ISBN 0141980893

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'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England's iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring insecurity that was a matter of both practical politics and personal psychology.