Vikings to Virgin - The Story of England's Monarchs from the Vikings to the Virgin Queen - Trisha Hughes

The story of the Kings and Queens of England is a wonderful drama that spans for fifteen hundred years. It's full of lust, betrayal, heroism, murder, cruelty and mysteries. 

There were some monarchs who ruled for years and there were some who ruled for only a few months. There were also some who should never have ruled at all. Yet this group shares one thing in common. In their own lifetimes, they were the most powerful and brutal individuals in the land. Many died under suspicious circumstances and their entire truths will never be fully known.

This is the first book in the 'V2V' trilogy covering the Vikings, Normans, Plantagenets, Lancasters, Yorks and Tudors. It begins with a race of people who were struggling to survive and finishes with a comet blazing across the London sky heralding the end of Bloody Mary's reign.