‘A history of the British monarchy that only Lucy Worsley could have written’
Ah but if these walls could talk… and finally, they do. Queens and Kings tell us a history of the British Monarchy from inside the very walls of it all – from a vantage point of having actually lived in a palace.
Lucy Worsley tells history in a warm, engaging and light-hearted way. Her lifetime of experience has been expertly crafted into the pages of one incredible book. It is incredibly engaging, in fact, and peppered with anecdotes from Lucy’s own career, it is somewhat unique in telling History through a very different perspective.
About the Book
For twenty years Lucy Worsley had what she calls ‘the best job in the world’: Chief Curator at Hampton Court, the Tower of London and Kensington Palace, ‘leading the presentation, appearance, development and appropriate use of the palaces including their contents and grounds’.
Now, in her most personal book yet, she takes us behind those palace walls into a thousand years of history, sharing how she became familiar with the princesses and princes, courtiers and servants who’d walked those corridors and cloisters before her, from Anne Boleyn to Princess Margaret.
With her trademark warmth and scholarship, Lucy gives us a different perspective on royal life over the centuries, introducing us not only to its pageantry but also its pain, particularly for women.
Prepare to be enthralled and enlightened as Lucy reveals the plots, passion and power at the heart of Britain’s royal past.
About The Author
Lucy Worsley was Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces for twenty years. Her biographies of Agatha Christie, Queen Victoria and Jane Austenwere all Sunday Times bestsellers.. She presentsBBC Radio 4’s Lady Killers and her many TV documentaries include Lucy Worsley Investigates and Killing Sherlock.
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