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Since the inception of the House of Windsor
in 1917, the nature of the English monarchy has undergone
a
profound change. The House of Windsor has at its centre
insights into and biographies of the kings and queens of
England
during a tumultuous century - a period that has seen two
world wars, a damaging abdication and undreamt-of social
change.
The book traces the lives of the monarchs of living memory
and the near past, from George V to the eleven months of
Edward
VIII's reign; from the rebuilding of the crown's authority
under George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the accession of
the
present queen, the turmoil of her children's marriages and
the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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