Royalty category: 1453 books
Queen Anne
The Politics of Passion
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain’s last Stuart monarch, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. She had a history of personal misfortune, overcoming...
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Are you a fan of the modern generation of royals? How much do you know about the lives of Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the rest of the Royal Family? If you’re a fan, then this is a great book which will give you fascinating information about royals both past and present....
Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride
Henry VIII's Discarded Bride
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
I like her not! was the verdict of Henry VIII on meeting his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, for the first time. Anne could have said something similar on meeting Henry and, having been promised the most handsome prince in Europe, she was destined to be disappointed in the elderly and corpulent king. Henry...
Princess Masako
Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author.
It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of...
The Royal Stuarts
A History of the Family That Shaped Britain
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
"Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history."
--The Wall Street Journal
In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of history's bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns. Exploring...
The Boleyns: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Family
The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an influential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been Lord Mayor of London. His grandson, Sir Thomas had inherited wealth and position, and through the sexual adventures of his daughters,...
Anne Boleyn: The Young Queen To Be
The Young Queen to be
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most engaging of Henry VIIIs Queens. For her he would divorce his wife of some twenty years standing, he would take on the might of the Roman Church and the Holy Roman Empire; he would even alienate his own people in order to win her favour and, eventually, her hand.But before...
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...
The Real Elizabeth
An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her reign
Elizabeth II, one of England's longest-reigning monarchs, is an enigma. In public, she confines herself to optimistic pieties and guarded...
Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's Obsession
Henry VIII's Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Anne Boleyn was the most controversial and scandalous woman ever to sit on the throne of England. From her early days at the imposing Hever Castle in Kent, to the glittering courts of Paris and London, Anne caused a stir wherever she went. Alluring but not beautiful, Annes wit and poise won her numerous...
by Marc Morris
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
The first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale.
Edward I is familiar to millions as "Longshanks," conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace...
Prince Philip: I Know I am Rude, But I Like It
The Royals and the Rest of Us as Seen By Prince Philip
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
At the age of twenty-one, Prince Philip wrote to a relative: 'I know you will never think much of me. I am rude and unmannerly.' Prince Philip probably never managed to change the opinion of his relative... This affectionate compendium brings together both the best and a host of less well-known stories...
Backstairs Billy
The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
"William Tallon was a creature of extremes: though intensely loyal, he was also a dangerous risk-taker; though charming, he could also be vicious; though considerate and amusing, he could be ruthless and predatory. For much of his life he was driven by two demons: a powerful sex drive and an...
Bernadotte et Napoléon
1797-1814
Language: French
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Bernadotte et Napoléon, deux grands hommes, deux destins croisés... presque deux rivaux. Bernadotte a épousé Désirée Clary, la fiancée que Bonaparte a délaissée pour Joséphine. Le frère de Napoléon, Joseph, a épousé...