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1985. Royal Tombs of England

1985, Pocket Booklets Publishing
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• Royal Tombs of England [Pocket Books. Britain's Heritage Series] [top]
  Written by Raymond Dyer
  First published in 1985 in Great Britain by Pocket Booklets Publishing, Leeds, LS14 6PQ, in paperback (staple binding), 24pp, ISBN 0950978760

Contents: This booklet briefly details royal burial practices through the bronze age, iron age and anglo-saxon england and the last resting places of monarchs up to George VI. The book includes the following monarchs: Aethelbert, Edward The Confessor, William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Matilda, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Edward The Black Prince, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, James I, James Stuart, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William III, Anne, George I-VI, Victoria and Albert, Edward VII and VIII

Illustrations:
Figure 1. St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
Figure 2. Winchester Cathedral
Figure 3. Undercroft of The Confessor, Westminster Abbey
Figure 4. William I, Caen, France
Figure 5. Tomb of William II, Winchester
Figure 6. Henry II (drawing of tomb carving)
Figure 7. Eleanor of Aquitain (drawing of tomb carving)
Figure 8. Richard I (drawing of tomb carving?)
Figure 9. Tomb of King John, Worcester
Figure 10. Eleanor of Castille from her tomb
Figure 11. Tomb of Edward The Black Prince, Canterbury
Figure 12. Edward II's Effigy
Figure 13. Tomb of Edward III, Westminster
Figure 14. Henry IV and Joan of Navarre, Canterbury
Figure 15. Henry V, Westminster Abbey
Figure 16. St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Figure 17. Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster
Figure 18. Tomb of Elizabeth I, Westminster
Figure 19. James I Lying-In-State