Biography: royalty Books
Penguin Books Ltd Edward VII Penguin Monarchs The Cosmopolitan King
Book SynopsisLike his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences.
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Random House USA Inc The Unruly Queen
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Random House USA Inc Empress Dowager Cixi
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St Martin's Press The Last Days of the Romanovs
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters and Caught in the Revolution, The Last Days of the Romanovs is Helen Rappaport''s riveting, moment-by-moment account of the last fourteen days of the Russian Imperial family. The brutal 1918 massacre of the Romanov family may be familiar, but in Russian scholar Rappaport''s hands, the tale becomes as shocking and immediate as a thriller. . . . A gripping read. People magazine This is the story of the murders that ended three hundred years of Romanov rule and set their stamp on an era of state-orchestrated terror and brutal repression. Counting down to the last, tense hours of the Imperial family''s lives, Rappaport strips away the over-romanticized versions of previous accounts. The story focuses on the family inside the Ipatiev House, capturing the oppressive atmosphere and the dynamics of a groupthe Romanovs, their servants, and guardsthrown together b
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Random House USA Inc Becoming Queen Victoria The Unexpected Rise of
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect companion to the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria • A gripping account of Queen Victoria’s rise and early years in power from CNN’s official royal historian “Kate Williams has perfected the art of historical biography. Her pacy writing is underpinned by the most impeccable scholarship.”—Alison Weir In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler—yet Queen Victoria would become one of the most powerful monarchs in history. Writing with novelistic flair and historical precision, Kate Williams reveals a vibrant woman in the prime of her life, while chronicling the byzantine machinations that continued even after the crown was placed on her head. Upon hearing that she had inherited the throne, eighteen-year-old Victoria ba
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Q
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Random House USA Inc elizabethandmarycousinsrivalsqueens
Book SynopsisSuperb.... A perceptive, suspenseful account. --The New York Times Book ReviewDunn demythologizes Elizabeth and Mary. In humanizing their dynamic and shifting relationship, Dunn describes it as fueled by both rivalry and their natural solidarity as women in an overwhelmingly masculine world. --Boston HeraldThe political and religious conflicts between Queen Elizabeth I and the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, have for centuries captured our imagination and inspired memorable dramas played out on stage, screen, and in opera. But few books have brought to life more vividly the exquisite texture of two women’s rivalry, spurred on by the ambitions and machinations of the forceful men who surrounded them. The drama has terrific resonance even now as women continue to struggle in their bid for executive power. Against the backdrop of sixteenth-century England, Scotland, and France, Dunn paints portraits of a pair of protagonists whose fo
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Basic Books Napoleon
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Sun Rising
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Random House USA Inc The Crown The Official Companion Volume 2
Book SynopsisCan’t get enough of The Crown? In this must-have exploration of the history behind seasons 2 and 3 of Peter Morgan’s Emmy-winning Netflix drama, the show’s historical consultant answers all your questions alongside beautifully reproduced archival photographs. In this eye-opening companion to seasons 2 and 3 of Netflix’s acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political, and personal moments and their effects—not only on the royal family but also on the world around them. From the Suez Crisis and the U.S.–Soviet space race to the legacy of the Duke of Windsor’s collaboration with Hitler, along with the rumored issues with the royal marriage, the book provides a thought-provoking insight into the histo
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Penguin Putnam Inc Our Rainbow Queen A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Book SynopsisA full-spectrum collection of photos of the late Queen Elizabeth II—spanning ten decades of fashion and every color of the rainbow.This riotously colorful book takes a prismatic journey through a century of styles worn by British Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Each photo is gloriously accessorized with captions and commentary by journalist and broadcaster Sali Hughes, who provides fascinating context. Readers will learn how the Queen used color and fashion in strategic and discreetly political ways, such as wearing the colors of the European flag to a post-Brexit meeting or a pin given to her by the Obamas to a meeting with Donald Trump. With stunning photographs that span feature brilliant colors ranging from the dusky pinks the Queen wore in girlhood through to the neon green dress that prompted the hashtag #NeonAt90, this must-have collection celebrates the iconic fashion statements of the UK's longest reigning and most vibrant monarch. This is a
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Random House USA Inc Nicholas and Alexandra The Fall of the Romanov
Book SynopsisA “magnificent and intimate” (Harper’s) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great“A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.”—NewsweekIn this commanding book, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Ma
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Little Brown and Company Diana William and Harry The Heartbreaking Story
Book SynopsisInstant New York Times Bestseller! “She was the best mother in the world,” said Princes William and Harry at Diana’s 10-year memorial. “Entertaining and persuasive,” (Publishers Weekly) this is the first big book about the private Diana, the mother of two princes.“Royal fans will devour this well-paced biography that gives new insight into the House of Windsor. You’ll tear through it by sundown and walk away thinking about the Princess of Wales and her two sons with new perspective .” –Men’s Journal From the moments William and Harry are born into the House of Windsor, they become their young mother’s whole world. I’ve got two very healthy, strong boys. I realize how incredibly lucky I am, Diana reminds herself every morning. But even the Princess of Wales questions,
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Kensington Publishing The Duchess of Windsor
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Medina Publishing Ltd Diana
Book SynopsisDiana: I'm Going to be Me, tells the remarkable story of Princess Diana's life through her own words. It is now 20 years since this iconic royal figure died at the tragically young age of 36 in a Paris car crash.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Letters of Princess Alice to Queen Victoria 18621878
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Random House USA Inc Queens of the Conquest
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St. Martin's Publishing Group The Rebel Romanov
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Queen Elizabeth I
Book SynopsisA unique collection of items that between them reveal a fascinating insight into the life of this famous Queen.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Othon de Grandson
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Pen & Sword Books William Marshals Wife
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Courting the Virgin Queen
Book SynopsisThe many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was aninfant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a possible clauseof a contract between England and France. From such an unromantic beginning,Elizabeth grew to see her father marry multiple times and experienced frequent changesin stepmothers and status in the family. Eventually, she became the most eligiblewoman in Europe. From start to finish, her marriage prospects were as much political asthey were personal. When she came to the throne in 1558, the primary question facing everyone fromforeign monarchs to English nobles and ministers was which of her many suitors wouldfinally win her hand. Through the longest Tudor reign, Elizabeth used courtship as a toolto consider foreign alliances, hold ambitious English courtiers in check, and navigateher role as a woman ruler in a world that considered her unnatural without a man at herside. Elizabeth was, in fact, always the Virgin Queen', from
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd James Is Tumultuous First Year as King
Book SynopsisThis is the story of a crucial year in the history of England, brimming with great political and social upheaval: the year 1603.1603 was a time of last goodbyes and new beginnings; of waning customs and fresh political and constitutional visions. It saw an aged queen die and a king from the far north rise as sovereign over a foreign nation. It also witnessed an unprecedented outbreak of bubonic plague, which began in London and spread indiscriminately through the provinces, killing up to 30,000 people.Catholicism was a second major disease doing the rounds in 1603. Its presence would lead to an attempt to dethrone King James I in the very first months of his reign, culminating in a trial staged at Winchester Castle in November. One of the candidates the conspirators had in mind to replace him was the would-be queen Lady Arbella Stuart. Indeed, Arbella would bring her own dramas to an already crowded and politically and socially charged year.The present work considers the entirety of th
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Charles II
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd William and Mary A History of Their Most
Book SynopsisWilliam and Mary, Britain's most mysterious monarchs, were married for reasons of dynasticconvenience. Their union gradually developed into a happy and successful one, despiteWilliam's frequent absences on military campaign. They shared interests such as art andgardening, both of which they practised at their palace retreat, Het Loo. Despite the fact thatMary was heir presumptive to her father, the Duke of York, they might have expected toremain in the Netherlands for the rest of their lives. Midway through their marriage, their way of life changed substantially when Mary's father,now King James II, was rejected by his English and Scottish subjects because of his ferventCatholicism. William, a foreigner, was accepted as a replacement primarily because of hisBritish queen. The couple had Kensington Palace built, to a design by Sir Christopher Wren,and their renovations at Hampton Court Palace, also by Wren, gave the palace much of itspresent character. The monarchy was now fully ans
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Rasputin and his Russian Queen
Book SynopsisThe real story of Queen Victoria's favourite granddaughter and the hard-drinking holy man from Siberia.
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Random House USA Inc The Queen Mother
Book SynopsisThe official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, and grandmother of Prince Charles, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the course of an entire century. Vividly detailed, written with unrestricted access to her personal papers, letters, and diaries, this candid royal biography by William Shawcross is also a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.
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Thorndike Press Large Print Diana
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Amberley Publishing Henrietta Maria
Book SynopsisThe French wife and muse of Charles I was central to the narrative of the English Civil War and the Stuart Restoration. Henrietta Maria was an exceptionally courageous and spirited woman and a misunderstood Queen of EnglandTrade Review‘A gripping account of an unlikely heroine, full of fascinating details and intimate insights.’ -- Leanda de Lisle, bestselling author of The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
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Amberley Publishing Uncrowned
Book SynopsisThe fascinating hidden history of the British royal family's nearly men - those who had been destined for the throne, but never made it. Mantle explores the story behind these would-be-kings, showing how the question of succession has not always been a straightforward one.Trade Review‘Uncrowned is an epic debut from Ashley Mantle. A tour de force that breathes life into those might have been kings and queens had fate dealt them a different hand. The people within aren’t just what-ifs to tantalise, but fully fleshed people with stories of their own bursting to get out. They may have lacked a crown, but Mantle shows that none lacked a character of their own.’ -- Matthew Lewis, author of Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me'I enjoyed reading 'Uncrowned' and recommend it to anyone who, like me, somehow missed most of this at school and have been trying to make sense of history ever since.' -- The Writing Desk, November 2023'This entertaining and intriguing book is very accessible and should appeal to a casual reader of history who is looking to find out more about this particular category of royals. They are guaranteed to find something to capture their attention.' -- All About History Magazine, December 2023'I must say that this task of combining over a thousand years of royal history into a comprehensive book is no easy task, but Mantle does a spectacular job. It was an informative and engaging read that would be perfect for any fan of royal history. If you want a fascinating book about those who were so close to the throne but never ruled, I highly suggest you read, “Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn’t Take the Throne” by Ashley Mantle.' -- Adventures of a Tudor Nerd, December 2023'Military detail is negligible, but this is a book of great charm.' -- Miniature Wargames Magazine, February 2024
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Grand Central Publishing Prince Harry
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Saint Benedict Press Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and
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Grand Central Publishing Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the
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Basic Books Game of Queens
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PublicAffairs Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Frederick the Great
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Tudor
Book SynopsisThe Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen's lap--and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past--those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget. By creating a full family portrait set against the background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and reexamines the bloodiness of Mary's reign, Elizabeth's fraught relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and securing the bloodline. Tudor is bristling with religious and political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one family's determined and flamboyant ambition.Trade Review"Leanda de Lisle reveals such hidden depths in the vivid history of England's most famous dynasty"--The American Conservative "Deeply researched but vibrantly accessible." -- Wall Street Journal "Leanda de Lisle has the gift of reminding us that history is the story of real people; real men, real women, full of rage and ambition and lust and hope and love. The Tudors are already our most vivid dynasty, by quite a long chalk, but these pages render them more vivid still. This was an age when the game was worth the candle, when a chance remark could result in a crown or the axe. Wonderful, passionate, dangerous, fascinating stuff. I couldn't put it down."--Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey "This fresh take on the Tudor dynasty is history at its best... an engaging and well-sourced account, sprinkled with provocative anecdotes that will appeal to both scholars and general readers... This compelling tale is driven by three-dimensional people and relationships, and de Lisle does a fantastic job of making them feel lived and dramatic. " -- Publishers Weekly, starred "A reliable and amply researched guide." -- Kirkus Reviews "Enjoyable, well-written... De Lisle examines the key events and characters that make the Tudor story interesting... This is a very well-done popular history ideal for general readers." -- Booklist "Six centuries after they began, the Tudors are still England's most famous family. Their story is told in full in Leanda de Lisle's Tudor, a wonderfully fluent portrait of five generations that connects the often overlooked fifteenth century Tudors with the more famous stuff. In bridging this divide, de Lisle brings an entirely fresh feel to the Tudor story, reminding us of the one thing the monarchs themselves wanted us to forget: the sheer improbability of their royal rule." --The Times (London) "Europe has produced no family saga that could match the Tudors. Rarely has that story been so well told as here." -- The Mail "De Lisle's masterful command of the facts -- great and small -- provides a complete and entertaining overview." -- The Guardian
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PublicAffairs,U.S. The White King
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Paraclete Press The Little Flowers of Saint Francis
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Fonthill Media Ltd The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Book SynopsisBy the autumn of 1918 Germany was on the verge of starvation-the result of four years of war and blockade. Sailors led a revolt in Wilhelmshaven on 29 October 1918, followed by the Kiel mutiny in the first days of November cascading eventually to Germany's capitulation and the Kaiser's abdication. The Hohelzollern family's rule had come to an end. Royalty historian John Van der Kiste, the author of the recent best-selling `Prussian Princesses' here provides a full analysis of the Kaiser's family heritage, his leading part in the Prussian militarism which in recently unified German led to a full national martial tradition simply bursting for a fight. The book also tells of the vital events in later 1918 which led to the partial and then full abdication, and the Kaiser's pitiful escape to the neutral Netherlands, unwilling hosts for a somewhat unwelcome visitor. The Third Reich also comes into play with Hitler's initial ambivalent attitude, and then the full floral tribute after the Kaiser's death. It also covers the anti-Hitler plotters who intended to use a Hohenzollern Prince as a figurehead to provide legitimacy to a post-Hitler Germany.
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John Blake Publishing Ltd Dinner at Buckingham Palace - Secrets & recipes
Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered what Queen Victoria ate for breakfast? Or pondered over George V's preferences for pudding? Straight from the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, this fascinating collection offers an extraordinary insight into royal gastronomy, featuring exclusive photographs, recipes, anecdotes and menus that span three generations of royal dining.This compilation offers a unique glimpse into the intimate affair of afternoon tea in the Royal Household, as well as the more formal proceedings of a state supper, alongside a brief insight into the history of royal cooking. Featuring a selection of menus used at actual royal events, alongside a series of exclusive private photographs of the royal family, this new insight into the world of royal dining will give you the inspiration you need to transform your own dinner parties and afternoon luncheons, enabling you to create exquisite dishes and decadent desserts that are truly fit for a king and queen.
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Michael O'Mara Winston the Windsors
Book Synopsis&i>Winston & the Windsors &/i>is a rich and vivid story not only of how Churchill befriended and advised kings, queens, princes and princesses, but of how Churchills splendid and glorious association with the crown shaped modern Britain.
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Medina Publishing Ltd Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan in their own
Book SynopsisIn Royally Suited, Prince Harry tells of the effect of his parents' divorce and the devastating loss of his mother, Princess Diana, and Meghan Markle talks of the racial difficulties she faced growing up as the daughter of a white Caucasian father and an African American mother. The book also reveals the story of how they fell in love; from a blind date to the abuse Meghan received which led to Prince Harry publically defending her. Both Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have won the nation's hearts and the much-anticipated announcement of their engagement on 27 November 2017 caused a cheer in the Twitter-sphere. This comprehensive collection of quotes by the couple themselves gives a real insight into this modern day fairytale.Table of ContentsPrince Harry's Childhood, Meghan Markle's Childhood, After Harry met Meghan, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Engagment
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Mi marido y yo: Toda la verdad del matrimonio de
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LOS SILENCIOS DE LETIZIA
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Almuzara Letizia Y Yo
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Los reyes también lloran / Kings Also Cry
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