First published in 1986, Royal Childhoods shows how the early years of Britain’s kings and queens have coloured their later lives. Combining skills of a professional historian with a knowledge of psychology, the author links the study of childhood to known patterns of events. His book makes the distant figures of royalty more comprehensible as individuals. With great insight into the influence of childhood experience, he covers the whole span of British monarchy from William the Conqueror to the Prince of Wales. This book will be of interest to students of history, literature and psychology.