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On the eve of Queen Elizabeth IIs historic 70th anniversary on the throne, Tracy Bormans sweeping narrative of the British monarchy illuminates one of historys most iconic and enduring legacies Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite Englands various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britains throne: shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogues gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs, as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Read more