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Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
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Crown & Sceptre surveys the British monarchy from the Norman Conquest to the modern constitutional crown. Tracy Borman moves through conquest, disputed succession, civil war, religious change, empire and democratic reform, showing how individual monarchs responded to changing limits on royal authority. Personal portraits are placed beside the institutions, ceremonies and political bargains that allowed the monarchy to survive repeated crises.
The book traces the crown’s movement from direct personal government towards a public and constitutional role shaped by Parliament, mass media and national ritual. The original edition ended with Elizabeth II and carried the subtitle A New History of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II; the revised edition extends the narrative to Charles III.
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