Royalty category: 1453 books

This is the Thomas Bulfinch version of the King Arthur myth, published just as the first studies of mythography were appearing in Germany, and it presents the myths in their literary versions, without unnecessary violence, sex, psychology or ethnographic information.

Piet and soldier, misanthrope and philospher, Frederick the Great was a contradictory, almost unfathomable man. His conquests made him one of the most formindable and feared leaders of his era. But as a patron of artists and intellectuals, Frederick re-created Berlin as one of the continent's great...

Diana Inquest: The French Cover-Up is the gripping story of how a culture of corruption and cover-up was endemic throughout the investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.This is the third volume of a four-part series on the 2008 inquest into the 1997 deaths in Paris. It tracks...

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has...

From the bestselling author of William and Harry and renowned Royal Family news correspondent Katie Nicholl, comes the first in-depth biography of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge. Katie Nicholl, bestselling author and royal correspondent for The Mail on Sunday, gives an inside look into...

The kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive as a political entity. Alone of the ‘Celtic’ nations, it was not absorbed into England by conquest. James VI of Scotland came to the throne of England in 1603, and when union with England finally came in 1707...

The motives, means, and consequences of the murders among members of Europe’s ruling families are examined in fascinating detail. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendor and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed...

D. Pedro V de Portugal (1937-1861), cognominado por muitos de «Esperançoso», foi, nas palavras do autor deste livro «o mais infeliz da sua dinastia». Durante largos anos, e começando ainda em vida do monarca, circularam rumores sobre aquele que seria o seu segredo...

He defied an Emperor to be with her. She found the love she had been seeking in his arms. Their passion would ignite the imagination of an Empire. It sounds like a promotion for the latest romance novel, but this story is no work of fiction. Archduke Ernst of Austria, cousin of Emperor Franz...

La vida de una de las princesas más queridas, una historia de ensueño, fascinante y llena de maravillosos secretos Después de la boda real y del Jubileo de Diamante, y con el nacimiento del primer hijo de Kate y Guillermo #que será el sucesor de Guillermo al trono#, el sentimiento popular...

Dans ce second tome de La Restauration, Pierre de La Gorce analyse le règne de Charles X. Monté sur le trône en 1824 à la mort de son frère Louis XVIII, Charles X a un début de règne heureux. Mais très vite, son attitude trop dévote donne...

Beautifully illustrated, this book looks at the nine women who have been Princesses of Wales. From Joan, the "Fair Maid of Kent," through the tragic Katharine of Aragon, Henry's VIII's first wife, and the tempestuous Caroline of Brunswick, the mistreated wife of George IV, to the present fairy-tale, headline-catching Princess, their stories are told with insight and compassion.

Adiós, Princesa es la historia del choque de un gran tren expreso, los borbones, contra una modesta caravana de gitanos, los Ortiz-Rocasolano. Nos han arrollado y ni siquiera se han preocupado de mirar hacia atrás. Érika está muerta y los demás nos hemos quedado solos y mutilados. Por eso escribo...

Biographer Richard Holmes moves seamlessly through Queen Victoria’s life from her lonely childhood, to her intrepid early years as an unmarried queen, through the heady days of betrothal, the loving years of marriage and finally to her heart-wrenching life as a widow. His lively narrative incorporates...