Introduction.- Royal Bodies and Lesser Mortals.- Retribution & Reparation.- Identity & Investigation: I.- Identity & Investigation: II.- A Gothic Cult.- The Odour of Sanctity.- Royal Requiem.- Law Sacred & Secular.- Reasons many and various.
Michael L. Nash is a well-known legal and royal historian, consultant and broadcaster who teaches at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal of East Anglia and royal historian of BBC Radio Norfolk. He has contributed over 200 articles to legal and historical publications and his previous book, Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008, was published by Palgrave in 2017.