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简介:LucyWorsley,chiefcuratoratHistoricRoyalPalaces,exploreshowthephysicalandmentalhealthofourpastmonarchshasshapedthehistoryofthenation.FromHenryVIIItoEdwardVIII'sabdicationin1936,thisthree-partseriesre-introducesourpastroyalsnotjustaspowerfulpotentates,butashumanbeings,eachwiththeirownverypersonalproblemsofbiologyandpsychology. Strippingawaytheregalfacade,Lucyexaminestheirmedicalproblems,doctors'reports,personalcorrespondenceandintimatepossessionstogainauniqueinsightintotherealmenandwomenbehindtheroyalportraits.Sheuncovershowkingsandqueenshavehadtodealwithinfertility,religiousextremism,depression,bisexualityandcultureshock.ButcouldthesesupposedchinksintheroyalarmourprovideasurprisingexplanationfortheenduringpoweroftheBritishmonarchy?Lucyarguesthatthesurvivalofthemonarchyhasbeendeterminednotsomuchbythestrengthsofourpastmonarchsbutbytheirweaknesses.…