Royalty category: 1453 books

INDICE DOS CAPITULOS I—Como se intitulou Rei de Portugal, e do Algarve, e como acrecentou os Castellos no Escudo das Armas Reaes, e a causa porque 16 II—Como El-Rei D. Affonso sendo casado com a Condessa de Bolonha em França a leixou, e casou com a filha del-Rei de Castella 19 III—Como a Condessa...

La naissance d’Elisabeth, le 7 septembre 1533, à Greenwich, fruit hâtif de l’union que Henri VIII et Anne Boleyn avaient convertie en un mariage secret le 25 janvier précédent, fut peut-être, malgré la solennité pompeuse et les joies officielles du baptême, célébré trois jours après,...

In this book Apa Pant writes about his father, Raja Bhawanrao, ruler of Aundh an unusual tale of an unusual Raja.Starting with a description of how the Raja came to rule over Aundh — a princely State in western India — the author recounts the events leading to the historic meeting between the Raja...

Pere el Gran (1240-1285) és un dels més importants reis de la Corona d’Aragó. La seva conquesta de Sicília i Malta obrí a la Corona les portes d’Itàlia i de la Mediterrània central i oriental. Home de caràcter decidit, autoritari i aventurer,...

Those who enjoyed the TV series The Crown will enjoy this entertaining and well-researched book which fills in the background to centuries of arranged royal marriages and the arcane rules that governed them. For centuries marriages of princes could only take place to virginal Protestant princesses....

While there are a great many books on Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the rest of the French Royal Family, the crucial role of the Duc d'Orleans-the man who bankrolled the French Revolution-has been inexplicably overlooked, and this is the first biography to appear in English for many years. This...

As some of you know,I have been mediatized or a long time but I prefer to revealthe truth myself in order to be clear about what the media writings say This book speaks of my birth in the monarchy, my difficulties and my peregrinations to get my recognition as a Bourbon’s infant and king’s...

In this sensitive and beautifully illustrated biography, royal expert Nicholas Davies explores the complex character behind this monarch of the future. Davies follows Prince William from his birth at St. Mary's, Paddington, through his happy-go-lucky childhood and awkward pre-teenage years, to his...

When James Hewitt, a young, brave and gifted soldier, first met Diana, Princess of Wales, he was a young Household Cavalry captain on official business at Buckingham Palace. He was single and alone; she a lonely wife, hurt by a loveless marriage. He supported and cared for her during one of the most...

В романе рассказывается о трагической судьбе королевы Франции, казненной в 1793 году по решению Революционного трибунала. Беспечная, женственная, доверчивая, Мария...

LE GIBET DE MONTFAUCON (Étude sur la vieux Paris)Firmin Maillard définit très bien le sujet de son livre sur la quatrième de couverture : Gibets, échelles, piloris, marques de haute justice, les fourches patibulaires de Montfaucon, documents historiques, la légende des suppliciés, scènes de la dernière heure.

Ludwig XIV. - der Sonnenkönig - steht für unbeschränkte Macht, für Prunk und Pracht, für Genuss, auch für eine schwer zu überschauende Schar von Mätressen. Die Biografen berichten noch von anderen Seiten Ludwigs, der ein diszipliniert arbeitender König und ein frommer Mann war, den manches...

Friedmann's "Anne Boleyn" is a classic biography of the wife of Henry VIII. Originally published in 1884, Friedmann's work is still considered an authoritative source as is one of the most cited pieces on Boleyn.

Set in an age of intrigue and espionage, this is the story of the greatest manhunt in British history: the quest for retribution upon the traitors who brought about the death of Charles I. When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to seek out retribution, producing...