- Title: Royal Panoply Brief Lives of The English Monarchs
- Author: Carolly Erickson
- Year Published: 2003 (History Book Club)
- Year Purchased: 2003-2005
- Source: History Book Club
- About: This handsome, heavily illustrated volume covers the English Monarchs from William I to Elizabeth II. Each ruler is given a short biography, usually consisting of a few pages. Although concise, the portraits are rich in detail and the historic context flows perfectly from one subject to the next.
- Motivation: I actually know English history better than American (which I know pretty damn well, thank you very much). I’m just a gargantuan history nut in a teensy package. Plus, I love the intellectual order provided by such compilations.
- Times Read: 1
- Random Excerpt/Page 69: “When the nine-year-old King Henry III was crowned in October of 1216, hastily and with minimal ceremony, in a makeshift ritual at Gloucester Cathedral, the realm was in peril. The oppressive and divisive reign of Henry’s father, King John, had ended in disaster, the crown jewels were lost in the quicksands of the Ouse, and a foreign invader, the French dauphin Louis, had established himself in London.”
- Happiness Scale: 10
Henry III of England Česky: Jindřich III. Plantagenet (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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