Royalty category: 1453 books

Phil Robertson The Inspirational Life Story and Hilarious Adventures of Phil Robertson; Football Legend, Duck Dynasty Star, and Creator of Duck Commander Inc. By Patrick Bunker Phil Robertson is an extraordinary American who enjoys hunting and spending time with his family. Phil...

“ ...Mlle Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon, fille d’une mère bien belle, et dont la beauté, si fort convoitée par Henri IV, avait failli susciter aussi bien des guerres, parut très jeune à la cour, et y apporta, près de Mme la Princesse, encore hautement brillante, « les premiers charmes de cet...

English Lands Letters and Kings: The Later Georges to Victoria is a short overview of many figures in English history.

In Royal Sisters, Anne Edwards, author of the best-selling Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, has written the first dual biography of Elizabeth, the princess who was to become Queen, and her younger sister, Margaret, who was to be her subject. From birth...

*Includes pictures of Victoria and important people, places, and events in her life.*Discusses the legacy of Victoria and the Victorian era, as well as their depiction in pop culture. *Includes a Table of Contents. Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil...

A riveting saga of deceit, scandal, sex, greed and power I've traveled all over the world. I've stayed in the best hotels and eaten in the best restaurants. But that isn't me. I'm a simple man. I have simple tastes and I live in a simple house. But people who knew of my past life still...

In this unusual and vibrant examination of the life and times of Britain's most iconic living figure, A. N. Wilson considers the history of the monarchy, drawing a line that stretches from Queen Victoria to the bloody history of Europe in the 20th century, examining how and why the Royal Family has...

Qui fut le roi Louis XI ? Les légendes l'ont qualifié d'hypocrite, de tyrannique, de sanguinaire, et même d'assassin de son frère. Il a été en effet un homme d'autorité, un maître, un despote, mais c'était un immense travailleur, un homme...

À la mort de Louis XIII, Mazarin, qui avait succédé à Richelieu comme principal ministre, poursuit ses fonctions auprès d’Anne, régente de France pendant la minorité de son fils Louis XIV. Jusqu'où est allée la liaison de la...

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the Al-Nusra Front and Foreign Mujahideen uprising to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria . . . there would be no direct negotiations with Israel until a new US president takes office. The US was the only party qualified to sponsor any direct...

Mary (1662–1694), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650–1702), son of William II of Orange (1626–50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, and Mary, eldest daughter...

Eleanor of Aquitaine’s extraordinary life seems more likely to be found in the pages of fiction. Proud daughter of a distinguished French dynasty, she married the king of France, Louis VII, then the king of England, Henry II, and gave birth to two sons who rose to take the English throne—Richard...

The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her...

Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. But was she a cunning vixen or a tragic wife and mother? As this extraordinary biography shows, the first queen to bear the name Elizabeth lived a life of tragedy, love, and loss that no other...