Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I and Cromwell's emergence as Lord Protector - all the way up until the Victorian era when Britain's monarchs came face-to-face with modernity.
Liked Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors Shares history, nonfiction, british history -
A Short History of England Shares history, nonfiction, british history -
The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History Shares history, nonfiction, tudors -
The Boleyns: The Rise Fall of a Tudor Family Shares history, nonfiction, tudors
“People who read Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy tend to reach for these next.”
“If you want more of the same (history), start with these.”
-
British History for Dummies
-
The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Kings & Queens of Britain: A Magnificent and Authoritative History of the Royalty of Britain - The Rulers, Their Consorts and Families, and the Pretenders to the Throne
-
A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776
-
Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present
