'The present volume... presents the family story for a wider audience, in clear sensible prose. It's a worthwhile and enjoyable chronicle.' - John Martin Robinson, Country Life
Lions of the North tells, from a unique and personal perspective, the stories of the Percy family and Alnwick Castle over a thousand years of British history. Generations of Percy barons, lords, earls and dukes played vital parts in great historical events, from the Norman Conquest to the two World Wars, and the castle, once battered by marauding armies, is now a major tourist attraction. The Duke has drawn on his unparalleled access to the Percy archives to paint this fascinating portrait of a British dynasty and its survival against the odds.
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Written by the Duke of Northumberland himself, featuring his own photography. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, the story of Alnwick Castle and the Percy family has been woven into the fabric of British history.
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Preface: Alnwick Castle before the Percys
Chapter 1: 1066-1294. After the Norman Conquest: the Percy's rise to power
Chapter 2: 1294-1368. The Percys come to Northumberland: the purchase of Alnwick Castle
Chapter 3: 1368-1489. Kingmakers and rebels: the first four Earls of Northumberland
Chapter 4: 1489-1585. The Tudor period: rise and fall, execution and murder
Chapter 5: 1585-1750. The Stuarts, plots and civil war: the last Earl
Chapter 6: 1750-1847. Percy restoration: the first Duke of Northumberland
Chapter 7: 1847-1918. Victorians and Edwardians: from the Great Exhibition to the Great War
Chapter 8: 1918-2018. The last 100 years: Alnwick in the modern world
Chapter 9: The Estate: gardens, parks and management
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'The present volume... presents the family story for a wider audience, in clear sensible prose. It's a worthwhile and enjoyable chronicle.' - John Martin Robinson, Country Life
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785511295
Publisert
2019-04-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Høyde
270 mm
Bredde
230 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176
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