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'A portrait gallery of medieval English sovereigns, illustrated with many splendid photographs. Learned, informative and entertaining.' Peter Quennett, Daily Moil'In 13 chapters he has restated the characters of 13 Kings, going back to every discoverable source and taking his own line as to what should be accepted and what suspected... Mr. Harvey has revealed knowledge, memory and industry of a phenomenal order.' Arnold Palmer, Observer'Mr.Harvey uses only facts that are accepted by the best contemporary scholarship... and he does not distort them.' Times Literary Supplement'Sparkle and scholarship.' Books and Bookmen