Royalty category: 1453 books
by William N. Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Around the World with a King, is an eyewitness account of Hawaiian King Kalakaua's journey around the world in 1881.
William Armstrong accompanied the King as a member of His Majesty's Government and Royal Commissioner for Immigration. His account of this remarkable circumnavigation, the first...
by Chris Jagger
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for.
You may have seen the team at work; as the combination of motorcycles and cars pass you by, they glide elegantly and seemingly effortlessly through busy...
by Katherine Longhi
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
How well do you think you know the real Anne Boleyn? Five hundred years after her death, her legacy is still as strong as ever. Yet she continues to baffle historians. There is no better place to seek the truth about Anne than at her childhood home of Hever Castle. With this book you will unlock the...
by Geoff Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
In April 1199 Richard the Lionheart lay dying in his mother's arms, victim of a well-aimed crossbow bolt and of an incompetent surgeon. Magnaminously, Richard pardoned the skilful archer, but ordered the slaughter of the rest of his enemies in the town he was besieging. A few days later as Richard's...
by Carmen Enríquez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2015
En junio de 2015 se cumple el primer año de la proclamación de Felipe VI como Rey de España. En este tiempo Felipe de Borbón se ha ganado la simpatía y el apoyo de gran parte de los españoles, incluso de aquellos que eran más críticos con el papel de la monarquía en estos tiempos. Su...
Fanny Lear
Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Fanny Lear: Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia>/i> tells the story of Harriet Clarissima Ely Blackford, also known as Fanny Lear. She was an American courtesan in the late nineteenth century, a strong, independent woman who refused to accept the restrictions placed on women by society at the...
In the House of Muhammad Ali
A Family Album, 1805-1952
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This remarkable memoir of a junior member of the former royal family constitutes a unique chronicle of life before 1952 among the members of Egypt's ruling class. It provides fascinating insights into the lives not only of the rulers themselves, from Muhammad Ali to King Fuad and King Farouk, but...
Das ungleiche Königspaar
Der schiefe Fritz und die allerschönste Prinzessin
Language: German
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Die sechzehnjährige Prinzessin Sophie Charlotte heiratete im Jahr 1684 den brandenburgischen Kronprinzen Friedrich. Die ersten Kinderjahre verbrachte Sophie Charlotte im Hochstift Iburg (bei Osnabrück), bis die Familie in das Schloss Osnabrück zog. Manchmal wird sie schon auf Reisen mitgenommen,...
Dark History of the Tudors
Murder, adultery, incest, witchcraft, wars, religious persecution, piracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Divorced, beheaded, died,Divorced, beheaded, survived. the fates of Henry VIII’s wivesBeginning with the victory of Henry Tudor over Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and ending with the death of the childless Elizabeth I in 1603 following a 45-year reign, the Tudor dynasty marks a period in British...
by Janette McCutcheon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Many rare images are used, telling the story of these important royal occasions from the twelfth century to the present day. Royal Weddings are always a time for public celebration; the build-up, the pomp and circumstance of the day, the dress, the sense of occasion. Author Janette McCutcheon takes...
Memoirs of the Prince de Joinville
Vieux Souvenirs
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville (14 August 1818 – 16 June 1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans, afterwards king of the French and his wife Marie Amalie of Bourbon-Sicilies. He was notable as an admiral of the French...
Princesa Letizia. Por fin reina
Una historia ficticia basada en hechos reales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 27, 2012
La coronación de los nuevos reyes de España, Felipe y Letizia, hace que uno de los libros más exitosos de María Teresa Campos, Princesa Letizia, sea más actual y necesario que nunca. El libro, en el que la autora se ponía en la piel de Letizia y contaba su día a día como princesa, incluirá en...
Chlodwig I.
Der Aufstieg der Merowinger und das Ende der antiken Welt
Language: German
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Seit dem 3. Jahrhundert brandeten – ausgelöst durch kriegerische Entwicklungen im Osten – immer wieder Wellen herandrängender Völker gegen die Grenzen des Imperium Romanum. Die Versuche der römischen Kaiser, die Fremden militärisch abzuwehren, scheiterten. Und auch dem Bemühen der römischen...
Ludwig II.
Das phantastische Leben des Königs von Bayern
Language: German
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Ludwig II. von Bayern (1845–1886) ist durch Schlösser wie Neuschwanstein oder Herrenchiemsee weltberühmt und unsterblich geworden. Christine Tauber hat sich diese Fluchtburgen auf einsamen Inseln und Bergeshöhen genauer angesehen und erzählt erstmals das phantastische Leben des lichtscheuen...