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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 Panoply
Brief Lives of the English Monarchs
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, Royal Panoply is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history.
With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose, and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson focuses on...
Outrageous Fortune
Growing Up at Leeds Castle
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
In his stunning memoir, Outrageous Fortune, Anthony Russell takes us inside his childhood growing up at Leeds Castle, with luxury and opulence few can imagine, and how he found his way in a changing society.
"I was lucky with lineage. Money, and lots of it, appeared to grow on trees, especially...
Livia, Empress of Rome
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Rome is a subject of endless fascination, and in this new biography of the infamous Empress Livia, Matthew Dennison brings to life a woman long believed to be one of the most feared villainesses of history.
Second wife of the emperor Augustus, mother of his successor Tiberius, grandmother of...
To the Scaffold
The Life of Marie Antoinette
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.
Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette...
Twilight of Empire
The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old...
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...
Beneath the Mask of Holiness
Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Spiritual writer Thomas Merton is the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. Despite appearances to the contrary, in 1966 he was a troubled, lonely monk. Only when the suffering Merton fell madly in love with a student nurse, a forbidden, erotic affair condemned by the...
Lilibet
An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In Lilibet, master biographer Carolly Erickson turns her skill at writing un-put-downable narrative to telling the remarkable story of Elizabeth II, Queen of England.
With her customary psychological insight, historian Erickson traces the queen's gilded but often thorny path from her overprotected...
The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
A Biography of Queen Mary I of England
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
In this groundbreaking new biography of "Bloody Mary," Linda Porter brings to life a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been overlooked.
Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine...
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,...
The Royal Art of Poison
Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
One of Washington Independent Review of Books' 50 Favorite Books of 2018 • A Buzzfeed Best Book of 2018
"Morbidly witty." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
"You’ll be as appalled at times as you are entertained." —Bustle, one of The 17 Best Nonfiction Books...
The Affair of the Poisons
Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The Affair of the Poisons, as it became known, was an extraordinary episode that took place in France during the reign of Louis XIV. When poisoning and black magic became widespread, arrests followed. Suspects included those among the highest ranks of society. Many were tortured and numerous executions...
Tutankhamen
The Life and Death of the Boy-King
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth--and seemingly bizarre rituals--of ancient Egypt. What kind of society could produce such spectacular treasures only to bury them forever?
Lost...