Royalty category: 1453 books
by Adrienne Munich
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1996
Drawing upon feminist, anthropological, and postcolonial approaches, Munich searches out the myriad, often contradictory incarnations of Queen Victoria in the minds of her subjects.
Behind the Palace Doors
Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Spanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and not-so-great) Britons, courtesy of one of the world’s most engaging royal historians
Beleaguered by scandal, betrayed by faithless spouses, bedeviled by ambitious children, the kings and queens...
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...
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign
During Queen Victoria’s 64 years on the British throne, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows...
Tutankhamun
Egypt’s Boy Pharaoh
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and legacy of Tutankhamun in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and legacy of Tutankhamun, Egypt’s boy pharaoh. In spite of a brief reign that was cut short when the...
by Ian Grey
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
The history of Russia is an epic of unending struggle. Here, from award-winning historian Ian Grey, is its dramatic story - from the establishment of the first ruling dynasty by a Viking prince to the invasions of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan to the rise of the tsars, whose domination of their country stretched nearly four centuries until the violent overthrow of Nicholas II in 1918.
Au couchant de la monarchie
Louis XV et Turgot - Louis XV et Necker
Language: French
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Louis XVI n’était pas fait pour régner, il n’avait tout simplement pas une personnalité convenant à un dirigeant, a fortiori absolu.
Cet ouvrage retrace le gâchis des sept premières années d’un règne qui survint alors que la France était embourbée dans les difficultés et la morosité,...
by Tina Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy?
Only Tina Brown, former Editor-in-Chief...
Tutankamón
El niño faraón egipcio
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Tutankamón, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Descubrir cómo transcurre la vida de Tutankamón, un niño de salud frágil que se convierte...
Notorious Royal Marriages
A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny,and Desire
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
**From the author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry comes a funny and delightful history of the royal weddings and marriages of Europe’s most famous—and infamous—monarchs. This edition includes bonus chapters!
“An irresistible combination of People...
by Conrad Jarrett
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
According to Meghan it was "Just a cosy night … we were just roasting chicken… just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee."
This is the love story of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. How they met, their courtship, his proposal, and the royal wedding.
Marie Antoinette
The Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake," was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate, speculation, and the fascination so often accorded illustrious figures in...
The Legitimacy of Bastards
The Place of Illegitimate Children in Later Medieval England
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and status. Their marriages were arranged with this in mind, and it is not surprising that so many of them had mistresses and illegitimate children. John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, married at the age of twenty to a...
Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The definitive biography of the legendary autocrat whose enlightened rule transformed the map of Europe and changed the course of history
Few figures loom as large in European history as Frederick the Great. When he inherited the Prussian crown in 1740, he ruled over a kingdom of scattered...