Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family

An interesting look into the live of royal illegitimate children and how they fit into the court structure. Some I had heard about, such as Monmouth, many I had not. If you enjoy stories of English royalty you will enjoy it

Who knew that so many kings fathered a horde of bastards. A key for all of the abreviations would have been helpful, and it got kind of boring at the end with "The Lose Ends" section. But overal, this was a fun read.

this book is amazing and has sooo much information...I found the index to be rather complicated and hard to find any pathways which is what an index is for...otherwise great book for reference

i found this a interesting little book. while true history buffs may not find any new material they dont already know i still enjoyed it.

Historical review of where Europe's royal really came from. No holds barred. Very enlightening and hits right to the point.

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Quite delightful yet subdued and scholarly history of all the known and suspected illegitimate children of British royals over the centuries. Some are quite well known and others are a surprise. If you are at all interested in British history, you will enjoy this book.

interesting but would be more interested in the medieval era

Seeing as this was first published by "burkes peerage" i wasnt expecting this to be an in-depth examination of the illegitimate children of our royal family- but i wasnt expecting it to read like an extract from Burkes peerage either-! Its not so much a book as a series of enclyclopedia articles strung together- and in DESPERATE need of a proof reader, some of the sentences seem to end at bizzare junctures and you aren't sure exactly who is being referred to at a number of points in the book as he leaps from person to person seemingly at random and then expects you to know which of the various charecters he is referring to as "father", "him", "she" etc later on. It is quite interesting to be fair, and its certainly well researched, but in the hands of a better writer this could have been an excellent book

An Interesting look at the illegitimate royals and their impact on the history of the UK. I had no idea that so many prominent figures in our wonderful history were the subjects of a dubious beginning in life. I found that most of the lineal descriptive passages were too convoluted resulting in having to re-read them several times in order to grasp the portrayal intended.

A disappointing book. Shoddily written and at times totally confusing.

It was not what I expected, which was that I expected it to list all known Royal bastards at least since 1066. But it starts about 400 years later.

It was very basic in the information offered which is not unexpected but perhaps would have been better if that information was done in a different style. It did not make me want to go and learn any more about anybody which is what I would be expecting with a book like this. Most of the content gave no hint of humanity in the relationships, too impersonal for me.

Loved it

Good short read

Very satisfactory

Royal love children are a great subject. Here since the time of Edward IV the life of the royal love children is explored. Some of these children had a real political significance or played a respected role at the royal court, some were just a bloody nuisance. Today many name of the peerage and members of the Royal Family are descendants of the these royal bastards or nicer called natural children.This excellent books deal with the recognized bastards and those were the situation is not as clear cut. But even in the first category not all is so easy: some even recognized royal bastards might not be the off-spring of the king. On each of the royal love children one is finding a little biography. This part I think it is ok, but not particularly interesting. Far better is the part on those alleged royal children. Here it seems that the author has done his own research and this is pretty interesting to read.Of course, one learns a lot about the royal mistresses too.All in all, a great book especially if one starts to look for the first time into the matter of royal bastards. I enjoyed it very much.

Bought this book about a year ago. Fast read. Not much I did not know prior to this read, but OK.

I can gradable book..bust not impressionable..I believe a very story of bastars royals..but is a very stesure of names,surnames,and a few little notices...Meanwhile,is interessant for who love genealogy as like me.