Monarchy

England?s most passionate historian brings the fascinating lives of the nation?s kings and queens vividly to life in gripping, true stories of power, lust, treason and murder! Visit the exact sites?including many closed to the public?where they f?ted and fought. Meet royal weaklings and superstars, from early visionaries such as Canute the Viking and magnificent regents like Elizabeth I, through ?Merry Monarch? Charles II and the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. You?ll catch the excitement from your award-winning host and British television phenomenon, Dr. David Starkey. As seen on PBS.

Dr. Starkey enjoys his new celebrity as a media don. ?If I were still an academic, I would be spending 12 hours a day filling in 44 forms trying to get back a few shillings for photocopying expenses.?