Royalty category: 1453 books

A vivid and original portrait of the year the young Henry VIII assumes the throne, revealing a kingdom at a crossroads between two dynamic monarchs and two ages of history. England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII, offers hope...

This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family’s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the “waiting room for the guillotine” because prisoners only spent a day...

Here, from New York Times bestselling historian Ian Grey, is the true portrait of Russia's tragic tsar, Boris Godunov. Depicted by most chroniclers as ruthless and ill-fated, he supposedly resorted to deceit, violence, and crime in his lust for power. Grey methodically and credibly refutes these historical...

LEBEN UND SCHAFFEN EINER AUßERORDENTLICHEN HERRSCHERPERSÖNLICHKEIT 1567 kehrt Ferdinand II. nach seiner Zeit als böhmischer Statthalter in Prag nach Innsbruck zurück und übt von nun an als Regent einer der bedeutendsten europäischen Herrscherdynastien entscheidenden politischen und religiösen...

L'exécution du duc d'Enghien, un vrai prince et un vrai soldat, a fait couler beaucoup d'encre ; ce drame ne peut laisser personne indifférent et la mort de ce jeune homme, si loyal et si courageux, demanderait à être tout à fait éclaircie. Bonaparte a-t-il été mal servi par des subordonnés...

On August 16, 1661, Leonora Christine Ulfeldt, daughter of King Christian IV and half-sister of the reigning king, Frederik III, was arrested and brought to the Tower on unspecified charges. Unwilling to offer potentially incriminating information about herself and her husband, Corfitz Ulfeldt, Leonora...

In the many years that Queen Elizabeth II has served the United Kingdom she has seen a lot of changes in world history and in her own country, from the days of Empire to the present days of the British Commonwealth. Born in 21 April 1926, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary has been Queen of the United...

Wie kein zweiter Herrscher des Mittelalters hat Kaiser Friedrich II. (1196–1250) die Gemüter erhitzt und die historische Phantasie entzündet. Noch im 20. Jahrhundert wurde er zum genialen Staatsmann, Vorläufer der Moderne und deutschen Idealherrscher stilisiert. Olaf B. Rader porträtiert Friedrich...

Als am Weihnachtstag des Jahres 800 Karl in Rom von Papst Leo III. zum Kaiser gekrönt wurde, konnte der Frankenherrscher bereits auf eine eindrucksvolle Karriere zurückblicken. Hinter ihm lag der Aufstieg vom Sohn eines fränkischen Hausmeiers zum Eroberer Italiens, die erfolgreich betriebene Expansion...

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. In government, Elizabeth was more moderate...

Également appelée Madame Royale,  Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France (1778-1851), fille aînée de Louis XVI et de Marie-Antoinette, est la seule survivante de la famille royale. Après la mort de ses parents, toujours incarcérée dans...

We grew up with the same parents in the same castle, but in many ways we each had a moat around us. Sometimes when visitors came they would say, "You are such lucky children; it's a fairytale life you live." And I knew they were right, it was a fairytale upbringing. But fairy tales are dark...

Tras el éxito rotundo de *El precio del trono, *Pilar Urbano hace un valiente ejercicio de investigación para acabar con mitos y medias verdades que han desfigurado nuestra reciente historia.  Con documentos inéditos y testigos que al fin cuentan lo que nunca habían contado, Urbano averigua...

EIIR Queen Elizabeth II, 60 Years a Queen, A Very Peculiar History' uniquely explores the life and times of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as we approach her 2012 Diamond Jubilee. The story that unfolds is one of doughty determination - the story of a young monarch who finds herself thrust into a new...