Crown and Country: A History of England through the MonarchyAn exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. The monarchy is one of Britains longest surviving institutions as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I and Cromwell's emergence as Lord Protector all the way up