Queens and Kings : An Unusually Personal History

The brand-new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Lucy Worsley: available to pre-order now.

"I absolutely adored this. What a glorious, glorious book." Kate Mosse

"A history of the British monarchy that only Lucy Worsley could have written: as puckish as it is scholarly, and informed throughout by the experience of having actually lived in a palace." Tom Holland

"Warm, insightful, and full of heart, Worsley has distilled a lifetime of personal experience into this crowning achievement of a book." Hallie Rubenhold

For twenty years Lucy Worsley had what she calls "the best job in the world": Chief Curator at Hampton Court, the Tower of London and Kensington Palace, "leading the presentation, appearance, development and appropriate use of the palaces including their contents and grounds".

Now, in her most personal book yet, she takes us behind those palace walls into a thousand years of history, sharing how she became familiar with the princesses and princes, courtiers and servants who had walked those corridors and cloisters before her, from Anne Boleyn to Princess Margaret.

With her trademark warmth and scholarship, Lucy gives us a different perspective on royal life over the centuries, introducing us not only to its pageantry but also its pain, particularly for women.

Prepare to be enthralled and enlightened as Lucy reveals the plots, passion and power at the heart of Britain's royal past.