Lions of the North : The Percys & Alnwick Castle. a thousand years of history

Percy, Ralph/ Snow, Dan (FRW)

Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd（2019/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781785511295
• DDC分類 726.9094244

Full Description

Lions of the North tells, from a unique and personal perspective, the stories of the Percy family and Alnwick Castle over a thousand years of British history. Generations of Percy barons, lords, earls and dukes played vital parts in great historical events, from the Norman Conquest to the two World Wars, and the castle, once battered by marauding armies, is now a major tourist attraction. The Duke has drawn on his unparalleled access to the Percy archives to paint this fascinating portrait of a British dynasty and its survival against the odds.

Contents

Preface: Alnwick Castle before the Percys
Chapter 1: 1066-1294. After the Norman Conquest: the Percy's rise to power
Chapter 2: 1294-1368. The Percys come to Northumberland: the purchase of Alnwick Castle
Chapter 3: 1368-1489. Kingmakers and rebels: the first four Earls of Northumberland
Chapter 4: 1489-1585. The Tudor period: rise and fall, execution and murder
Chapter 5: 1585-1750. The Stuarts, plots and civil war: the last Earl
Chapter 6: 1750-1847. Percy restoration: the first Duke of Northumberland
Chapter 7: 1847-1918. Victorians and Edwardians: from the Great Exhibition to the Great War
Chapter 8: 1918-2018. The last 100 years: Alnwick in the modern world
Chapter 9: The Estate: gardens, parks and management