Monarchy, with David Starkey, Series 2: War of the Roses to Cromwell (2005)

A Question Of Succession: The Shadow of the King

3. A Question Of Succession: The Shadow of the King: A look at Henry VIII's successors and the varying degrees of success they had as rulers. David Starkey's landmark history of the British monarchy continues with the story of the children of Henry VIII; Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.

Dr David Starkey presents the second part of his complete history of the British monarchy, which he portrays as a crucial and sometimes violent dialogue between the people and the monarch, through which the very nature of our society was forged.