Prince Michael premise in this book is to trace the Royal House of Stewart from its early ancestors to his own birth. Prince Michael according to this book is directly descended from Bonnie Prince Charlie of Culloden fame. As I read the book I must have experienced some of the same feelings the Scots of the 1740s must have felt when Charles Edward Stewart arrive in Scotland. Prince Michael thoroughly documents the Royal House of Stewart lineage and it is fascinating reading to follow the family from ancient times to today. His documentation starts to break down after Charles Edward Stewart and huge contradictions begin to develop between recorded history and the facts he presents.
New information is brought forward.
Whether to believe this part of his story was the big question for me. The continental European countries have accepted him as a direct descendent but not in the United Kingdom. This book is a mystery of sorts and is good reading because of the struggle needed to believe his interpretation of the history presented. I personally have some doubts about the facts he exhibits about the later years. By then he has given such a one sided negative view of anything which did not favour the Stewarts you begin to wonder.