Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals

Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals image
ISBN-10:

0006530540

ISBN-13:

9780006530541

Author(s): Pearson, John
Released: Jan 01, 2000
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
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Description:

The Spencers, like the Windsors, are a dynasty, and one of the most successful families that England has produced. But how did a family of Tudor sheep farmers from Northamptonshire reach the ranks of the upper aristocracy by the time of the Restoration, and how did they then continue to consolidate their great position at the apex of society through the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries? The Spencers have quietly adapted from one generation to the next, sweeping up heiresses and magnificent estates, buying great libraries and pictures, then building London's most beautiful palladian mansion to house them. Family characteristics emerge, as do family traditions and attitudes to life. And, by the zenith of the eighteenth century, almost everyone who is anyone in politics seems to be related to this overwhelming family.


























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