This is a useful and timely book. It supplies a traditional, chronological narrative history of the Monarchy at a time when such a comprehensive perspective on our past has been removed from the experience of a generation whose history education has largely been reduced to two bubbles (“the Nazis” and “Slavery”), floating in a historical vacuum. At a time of unprecedented information technology, the British public has never been more poorly informed about its past.
Word Watch: Vibrancy
Is it really a compliment for one’s home to be described as “vibrant”?