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The mammoth book of British kings & queens : the complete biographical encyclopedia of the kings and queens of Britain Mike Ashley ; [edited by Julian Lock]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks DA 28.1 .A86 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashley, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography--Encyclopedias.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 808 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
- Other Title:
- British kings & queens
- British kings and queens
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.
- Summary:
- Covers more than 1000 rulers and two millennia of history.
- Contents:
- The Royal Book of Records
- The Kingdoms of Britain
- Pt. 1. Dark Ages
- A. Pre-Roman Conquest
- B-C. Roman Occupation
- B. Roman Emperors
- C. Roman Governors
- D. British Kingdoms
- DA. Northern Britain
- DB. Southern Britain
- DC. South-East & South-West
- E. Welsh Kingdoms
- EA. Gwent and Glywysing
- EB. Ceredigion and Seisyllwg
- EC. Demetia and Dyfed
- ED. Venedotia and Gwynedd
- EE. Powys and the Marches
- EF. Gwerthrynion
- Builth
- EG. Brycheiniog
- EH. Meirionydd
- EI. Dunoding
- EJ. Ergyng or Northern Gwent
- F. Picts and Scots
- FA. Picts
- FB. Strathclyde and Cumbria
- FC. Dal Riata Scots
- G-M. Saxon Kingdoms
- G. Kent
- GA. Isle of Wight
- H. South Saxons
- I. East Saxons
- J. East Anglia
- K. Mercia
- L. Northumbria
- M. West Saxons
- Pt. 2. Fight for Britain
- EA. Morgannwg
- EB. Deheubarth
- ED. Gwynedd
- EE. Medieval Powys
- F. Scottish Kingdoms
- FB. Strathclyde
- FC. Scotland
- FD. Moray
- N. Danish and Norse Kingdoms
- NA. Western Isles
- NB. Orkney
- NC. Jorvik (York)
- ND. Danish East Anglia
- English and Normans
- M. Saxons and Danes
- O. House of Normandy
- Pt. 3. Uniting the Kingdom
- Scottish Kingdoms
- NA. Lords of the Isles
- NB. Orkney (Part 2)
- England and Wales
- NA. Kingdom of Man
- O. England and Great Britain
- World About Them
- P-Q. Legendary or Semi-Historical Kings
- R-Y. Associated Kingdoms. The Royal Gazetteer.
- Notes:
- "First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing, 1998"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 804-808) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- ISBN:
- 0786704055
- 9780786704057
- 0786706929
- 9780786706921
- OCLC:
- 40175926
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