David Starkey's Monarchy masterfully charts the often stormy course of the British Crown from the Middle Ages to the modern day. The Wars of the Roses; the Tudors and Stuarts; the choas of the Civil War; the fall of Charles I and Cromwell's emergency as Lord Protector; the importing of a German dynasty; the Victorian era and a coming-to-terms with modernity - Starkey's trademark energy and authority make him the perfect guide on this accessible and compelling tour through the tumultuous institution.