Английские короли

Angliĭskai͡a monarkhii͡a sushchestvuet uzhe mnogo stoletiĭ, perezhiv i promyshlennoe mogushchestvo strany, i ee kolonialʹnoe velichie, i groznye voĭny, i shumnye skandaly. Sredi angliĭskikh koroleĭ i korolev byli umershie v detstve i dozhivshie do glubokoĭ starosti. Byli velikie i nichtozhnye, svi͡atye i greshniki, otvazhnye i malodushnye, umnye i ne sovsem. Byli anglosaksy i datchane, frant͡suzy i nemt͡sy. Obʺedini͡aet ikh tolʹko odno - vse oni pravili na angliĭskoĭ zemle, neveroi͡atno bogatoĭ vsevozmozhnymi tradit͡sii͡ami i predanii͡ami, i sami stanovilisʹ geroi͡ami ėtikh predaniĭ. Kniga istorika Vadima Ėrlikhmana risuet portrety dvenadt͡sati angliĭskikh monarkhov, naibolee relʹefno predstavli͡ai͡ushchikh svoi͡u ėpokhu, - ot legendarnogo Artura do nyne t͡sarstvui͡ushcheĭ Elizavety II. Avtor povestvuet ob ikh raznoobraznykh dei͡anii͡akh, lichnoĭ zhizni, vkusakh, privychkakh, uvlechenii͡akh i poputno rasskazyvaet nemalo interesnogo o drugikh praviteli͡akh Anglii i, razumeetsi͡a, o nasyshchennoĭ sobytii͡ami istorii Britanskikh ostrovov.

The English monarchy has existed for many centuries, having survived both the industrial power of the country, and its colonial greatness, and formidable wars, and noisy scandals. Among the English kings and queens were those who died in childhood and lived to a very old age. There were great and insignificant, saints and sinners, brave and faint-hearted, clever and not quite. There were Anglo-Saxons and Danes, French and Germans. The only thing that unites them is that they all ruled on English soil, which is incredibly rich in all sorts of traditions and legends, and they themselves became the heroes of these legends. The book by the historian Vadim Ehrlichman draws portraits of twelve English monarchs, most clearly representing their era-from the legendary Arthur to the now reigning Elizabeth II. The author tells about their various deeds, personal life, tastes, habits, hobbies and along the way tells a lot of interesting things about other rulers of England and, of course, about the eventful history of the British Isles.