This book is very unique. It combines history, geneology and heraldry. Historically each royal family is described country by country. It is probably the only book published that combines individual coats of arms-beginning in the 11th century-with the geneology of the royal houses of Europe. The 150 tables combine these two elements showing the hearldic shields in full color of many of the family members. The book covers the past 1000 years of the royal families of Europe descent and makes some references to earlier time and leaders, such as the Franks and Charlemagne. The book has been a great help to my research on the European Royal Houses, and helps indicate the inter-relatedness of the princely families of Europe. It has some tables showing such relationships and connections between the noble families. It has impressive detail considering the extensive scope of the book and serves as an excellent base for more detailed and extensive research on particular individuals and families. It is a well developed book and useful to quickly trace the descent and hearldry of the European Royals.

A nice book for armchair browsing and background reading. Unexceptional information in the charts, but they *are* accompanied by full-color blazons.

I bought my copy of Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe at a New York Renaissance Fair around 1984. Truly a fascinating introduction to an equally fascinating subject. Very interesting to trace the descents of the European royal families. I can only wish that the authors will reissue this material, along with the histories of some of the lesser houses, on CD-ROM.