Royalty category: 1453 books
by David Loades
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2011
The story of Henry VIII and his six wives has passed from history into legend taught in the cradle as a cautionary tale and remembered in adulthood as an object lesson in the dangers of marrying into royalty. The true story behind the legend, however, remains obscure to most people, whose knowledge...
by Penny Junor
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Family – known as 'The Firm' by Prince Philip. With an eye on the past, present and future, this book takes a look at how the family really operates and reveals how they behave behind closed doors. This...
Royal Romances
Titillating Tales of Passion and Power in the Palaces of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
More breathtaking than any fairy tale, here are seven scandalous, seductive centuries of all-for-love royal desire . . .
Elegant palaces, dazzling power plays, shimmering jewels, and the grandest of all-or-nothing gambles—nothing can top real-life love among the royalty. Louis XIV defied...
A Princess Found
An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Sarah Culberson was adopted one year after her birth by a loving, white, West Virginian couple and was raised in the United States with little knowledge of her ancestry. Though raised in a loving family, Sarah wanted to know more about the birth parents that had given her up. In 2004, she hired a...
Alice
Princess Andrew of Greece
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
"In 1953, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Alice was dressed from head to foot in a long gray dress and a gray cloak, and a nun's veil. Amidst all the jewels, and velvet and coronets, and the fine uniforms, she exuded an unworldly simplicity. Seated with the royal family, she...
Royal Babylon
The Alarming History of European Royalty
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.
Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear...
Princes at War
The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
This book tells the story of four sons of King George V during the period that the monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era the crisis of the abdication, and the nationwide threat to Britain of the Nazis, inside and out. The threat of world war echoed the war within...
The King's Grave
The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The first full-length book about the discovery of Richard III's remains, by the person who led the archaeology team and the historian whose book spurred her on
The mystery of who Richard III really was has fascinated historians, readers and audiences familiar with Shakespeare's dastardly portrait...
by Lady Colin Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
"When I met Diana at a mutual friend's house in 1990, I was astonished by her conduct. Up to this point, the Diana I had encountered was a princess who had behaved very much in keeping with the forms and traditions of royalty. In social situations, she was as circumspect as the rest of them,...
Mary Tudor
Princess, Bastard, Queen
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
She was the first woman to inherit the throne of England, a key player in one of Britain’s stormiest eras, and a leader whose unwavering faith and swift retribution earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary.” Now, in this impassioned and absorbing debut, historian Anna Whitelock offers a modern perspective...
The Queen's Bed
An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
From the private world of a beloved English queen, a story of intimacy, royalty, espionage, rumor, and subterfuge
Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay her bedchamber, closely guarded by the favored...
The Ultimate Family
The Making of the Royal House of Windsor
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
From the author of All the Money in the World, now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott, comes a "fascinating and healthily skeptical book" about the British royal family.
In recent times the British monarchy has become an 'ultimate family' of international superstars,...
Kate & Meghan Believes - Kate and Meghan Quotes And Believes
Discover more about this fascinating royal ladies, Meghan and Kate
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
The English Royalty is going thru great changes and the personalities of this two lady's will definitely have a great a impact on it's future.
In this eBook you will get to know better the opinions of Meghan Markle and also of Kate Middleton on many aspects of life, what they have in commons...
by Gill Paul, Camilla Tominey
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
This book is full of surprises, from the “undying love” that the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, felt for his Tsarina, to the unlikely love that flourished between Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Amongst them, too, are less happy loves – of Crown Prince Rudolph for his 17-year-old lover, Countess...