Contents

Contents : introduction -- crowning a monarch -- palaces -- life at a royal court -- gods, kings and queens -- warrior kings -- warrior queens -- royal builders -- royal patrons -- tragic monarchs -- pious monarchs -- royal scandals -- royal romances -- mad monarchs -- unsolved mysteries -- regents and child monarchs -- self-made monarchs -- pretenders -- close to the throne -- burying a monarch -- monarchy today -- mythical kings and queens -- date chart -- index.