by Plantagenet Somerset Fry · DK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751307344
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«Kings and Queens of England and Scotland» is the historical guide to the British monarchy by Plantagenet Somerset Fry (DK, paperback, 96 pp., English).
It traces the history of the kings and queens of England and Scotland, from the Anglo-Saxon monarchs to the House of Windsor, and follows the passage of the crown between dynasties such as the Normans, the Plantagenets, the Tudors and the Stuarts. It places each reign in its social and cultural context, with family trees showing the succession, and reviews wars, battles, triumphs and tragedies.
The 1999 edition includes an index and is illustrated in color with portraits, paintings and historical objects.
For those interested in the history and genealogy of the British monarchy, with a visual and chronological approach.
Plantagenet Somerset Fry, born Peter George Robin Fry, sometimes used the names 'Peter George Robin Somerset Fry' and 'Peter George Robin Plantagenet Somerset Fry', was a British historian and author of more than 50 books. In his youth, he added Somerset to his surname by deed poll, the Fry family originating from Wells in that county, and Plantagenet was a nickname which he adopted at university, relating to his advocacy of Richard III.
