David Starkey, narrator. Originally broadcast by Channel 4 in 2004. Bonus features: 16-page booklet, including a timeline, the Powers Behind the Throne, background on Westminster Abbey (the shrine of British monarchy), and Royal Trivia. Biographies of 20th-century monarchs, David Starkey biography, and a gallery of royal palaces.
Contents:
Disc 1. Episode 1 : A nation state ; Episode 2 : Ængla Land ; Episode 3 : Conquest ; Episode 4 : Dynasty -- Disc 2.Episode 5 : A united kingdom ; Episode 6 : Death of a dynasty ; Episode 7 : The crown imperial -- Disc 3. Episode 8 : King and emperor ; Episode 9 : The shadow of the king ; Episode 10 : The Stuart succession -- Disc 4. Episode 11 : Cromwell : the king killer ; Episode 12 : Return of the king ; Episode 13 : The glorious revolution -- Disc 5. Episode 14 : Rule Britannia ; Episode 15 : Empire ; Episode 16 : Survival ; Bonus features: Biographies of modern monarchs ; David Starkey biography ; Gallery of royal palaces. Viewer's guide.: Timeline -- The powers behind the throne --If Westminster's walls could talk : site of royal coronations for nearly a millennium -- Royal trivia.
Summary:
David Starkey examines the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the 1660s. Starkey covers nearly 250 years, from Charles II to Victoria. Replete with infidelities, betrayals, and rivalries, English history emerges as a compelling family saga.
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