The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
By: edited by Elizabeth Longford.
Contributors: Longford, Elizabeth Harman Pakenham, Countess of, 1906-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780192828514
Subjects: Princes -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes; Princesses -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes; Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes; Anecdotes -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Anecdotes; Great Britain -- History -- Anecdotes
Description: Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's history from the first century A.D. to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.