Britain, by Monarch and Sketch

Britain, by Monarch and Sketch is unique for it presents a concise history of Great Britain as an island kingdom from the reigns of William I in 1066 to that of Queen Elizabeth II in the present century. The preface contains an overview of the hereditary composition of the monarchy, the introduction contains a brief history of the four countries - England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales - and how they came to be united as the Kingdom of Great Britain. The monarchy is divided into 10 houses, or dynasties. A two-fold page layout describes each dynasty from the Normans to the Windsors. Each layout contains: A listing of individual monarchs and dates of reigns; depiction of coins with monarch images; listing of historical events occurring in each reign - with marriage information; and two colored sketches with narrative description of architectural buildings of the period. Thus, there is a 1000 year history of the evolution of architecture from defensive to domestic usage.