CONTENTS

Introduction

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CHAPTER 1

CONSPIRATORS AND CONQUERORS: A DIRTY BUSINESS – The Normans

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CHAPTER 2

UNHOLY ALLIANCES – The Plantagenets Part I

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CHAPTER 3

CRUSADING KINGS AND TROUBLESOME BARONS – The Plantagenets Part II

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CHAPTER 4

LOVERS, LAND AND TREASON – The Plantagenets Part III

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CHAPTER 5

INSANITY, CIVIL WAR AND CHILD MURDER – The Plantagenets Part IV

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CHAPTER 6

CONSPIRACY AND BLOODSHED – The Tudors Part I

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CHAPTER 7

DECAPITATION AND DIVORCE – The Tudors Part II

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CHAPTER 8

TURMOIL, TERROR AND FATAL ILLNESS – The Tudors Part III

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CHAPTER 9

GLORIANA AND GORE – The Tudors Part IV

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CHAPTER 10

ROUNDHEADS AND REGICIDE – The Stuarts Part I

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CHAPTER 11

A NOT-SO-MERRY MONARCHY – The Stuarts Part II

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CHAPTER 12

MISTRESSES AND MADNESS – The Hanoverians Part I

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CHAPTER 13

BATTLE ROYAL – The Hanoverians Part II

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CHAPTER 14

SCANDAL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

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CHAPTER 15

A LOOSE CANNON – The Windsors Part I

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CHAPTER 16

A MODERN MONARCHY? – The Windsors Part II

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Index

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