This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee

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This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee

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Part of Bbc Radio Collection series

Summary

Stories of the most powerful families in the British Isles over the past 1000 years. "The Dynasties" focuses on families that, by wealth and ambition, dominated different parts of these islands and their institutions - from making and protecting monarchs to patronage of parish priests.

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This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee

Relates how the loyalties of this privileged elite, many of whom are older than the monarchy itself, were tested and rewarded: it also uncovers a multitude of murderous plots, bloody battles, adulteries, intrigues and shocking executions. This first volume looks at the houses of the Godwines, the Despensers and the Percys.

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SKU Unavailable
EAN 9780563536031
Title This Sceptred Isle
Release date 2002-02-04
Format Audiobook
Studio BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Condition Unavailable
By (author) Christopher Lee
Read by Anna Massey

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