The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, embraces over 500 years of British history, more than 60,000 sitters and explores ideas of social chang

'Provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life from Henry VIII to Elizabeth II' NEW YORK TIMES For centuries the most beautif

Originally published: London: Walker Books, c2015.

This wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by s

From the Saxons to the Windsors, from the Tudors to Hanovers, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Kings and Queens of