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The Welsh Dragon: A novel of Henry Tudor by K M Butler 9781737639121
RRP: £17.95£16.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737639121Author K M ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Firsthand Account PressPublisher Firsthand Account PressWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)... -
The Mystery of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Rebellious Daughter by Lucinda Hawksley
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories' Observer What was so dangerous about Queen Victoria's artistic tempestuous sixth child, Princess Louise?When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a... -
Desert Royal: Princess 3 by Jean Sasson
RRP: £8.99£6.45In Princess, readers were shocked by Sultana's revelations about life in Saudi Arabia's royal family. Royal women live as virtual prisoners, surrounded by unimaginable wealth and luxury, privileged beyond belief, and yet subject to every whim of their... -
King David: A Biography by Steven L. McKenzie 9780195132731
RRP: £33.99£30.71One of the most important and complex characters in the Bible, King David has been the subject of innumerable portraits, both artistic and literary. Michaelangelo's magnificent sculpture of him is perhaps the single best known work of art in the world,... -
Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: £18.99£16.58A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Philip II, Spain's best-known king"A superbly informed narrative of Philip II's long career as Europe's most powerful king."-Henry Kamen, Little Reviews"This... -
Elizabeth and Philip: The Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop 9781035402427 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.52'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal BiographerShe was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins... -
Elizabeth and Philip: The Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop
RRP: £20.00£14.29'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal BiographerShe was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins... -
Queen Elizabeth II: A Glorious 70 Years by Alison James
RRP: £21.00£15.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAlison James, a successful historian and journalist who writes about royals and celebrities for the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and Yours magazine in the UK and... -
The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes by Kari Maund 9780752429731
RRP: £12.99£9.62When Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 they brought to an end the line of truly independent native rulers in Wales that had endured throughout recorded history. In the early middle ages Wales was composed of a variety... -
The Serpent Queen: Now a major TV series by Leonie Frieda
RRP: £14.99£9.80NOW THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTONThe bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th centuryOrphaned in infancy, Catherine de Medici was the sole legitimate heiress to the Medici family fortune... -
The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother by John Ashdown-Hill
RRP: £9.99£7.55Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us with a series of unanswered questions: What was he really like? What set him and his brother Edward IV against one another?... -
Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince by Lisa Hilton
RRP: £9.99£6.80A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I.'We are a prince from a line of princes.'Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of Elizabeth I, 'The Virgin Queen', uses new research to present a fresh... -
Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie
RRP: £16.99£12.68The Pulitzer prizewinning biography of Peter the Great, the ruler who brought Russia from darkness into light. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, Robert K. Massie unfolds the extraordinary story of... -
The Puritan Princess: The stunning and unforgettable historical novel of family, politics and the price of love in the Civil War by Miranda Malins
RRP: £10.99£7.40Power, passion and a devastating fight for the crown - discover the gripping story of Oliver Cromwell's youngest daughter. Perfect for fans of Anne O'Brien, Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory 'A powerful and superbly researched historical novel' Andrew... -
Queen Victoria by Elizabeth Longford
RRP: £14.99£5.46'The truth was stranger than any of the fictions that have since been offered to explain her away'Drawing upon Queen Victoria's previously unpublished journals, Elizabeth Longford's classic biography recalls the contrasts and curiosities of an earlier... -
The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary by Sophie Therese Ambler 9781509837632
RRP: £12.99£8.32'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.' - Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets and The TemplarsIt was around half-past eight in the morning, with summer rainclouds weighing... -
King Charles III by Gill Knappett
RRP: £12.99£9.03A sumptuous celebration of the life of His Majesty King Charles III, published to coincide with the festivities, traditions and pageantry of his Coronation in May 2023. On 8th September 2022, His Majesty King Charles III, formerly The Prince of Wales,... -
Rasputin's Killer and his Romanov Princess by Coryne Hall
RRP: £22.99£15.58When the Tsar's eighteen-year-old niece Princess Irina Romanov announced her marriage to Prince Felix Youssoupov, heir to the richest fortune in Russia, the Imperial family were shocked. Prince Felix and his wife Princess Irina had it all. When they... -
HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style by Elizabeth Holmes
RRP: £27.99£17.57Royal women wield a unique, quiet kind of power. They use their clothing choices and their styling preferences to create a visual brand that is at once aspirational and accessible, and to project a sartorial statement that encompasses their values,... -
Sophia - Mother of Kings: The Finest Queen Britain Never Had by Catherine Curzon 9781526762986
RRP: £12.99£9.09When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called pig snout and wept at news of her engagement. In the austere court... -
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life by Mark Kishlansky
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a... -
Richard III by David Baldwin
RRP: £10.99£7.25Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively, consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others, but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of... -
Meghan: A Hollywood Princess by Andrew Morton 9781789293906 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.33'Highly readable and compelling' Daily Telegraph _______________What an extraordinary journey it has been for Meghan Markle. In this fully revised and updated biography, Andrew Morton navigates the at times baffling twists and turns of a royal saga that... -
Meghan: A Hollywood Princess by Andrew Morton 9781789293906
RRP: £9.99£6.75'Highly readable and compelling' Daily Telegraph _______________What an extraordinary journey it has been for Meghan Markle. In this fully revised and updated biography, Andrew Morton navigates the at times baffling twists and turns of a royal saga that... -
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors by Alison Weir
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Stunning... Weir has brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel' Tracy BormanCrusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens,... -
Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton
RRP: £12.99£11.46A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror."-... -
Elfrida: The First Crowned Queen of England by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: £10.99£7.25Contrary to popular belief, Anglo-Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all. She was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England, sharing her husband King Edgar's imperial coronation at... -
The Final Curtsey: The Autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, First Cousin of the Queen and Niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother by Margaret Rhodes 9780954127565 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£1.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954127565Author Margaret RhodesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Umbria PressPublisher Umbria Press -
The Final Curtsey: The Autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, First Cousin of the Queen and Niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother by Margaret Rhodes 9780954127565
RRP: £17.99£15.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954127565Author Margaret RhodesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Umbria PressPublisher Umbria Press -
Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett 9780571235124 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.41The image of Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir-providing Jane Seymour or the vivacious eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty in her twenties with a passion she had... -
Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £14.99£9.80The image of Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir-providing Jane Seymour or the vivacious eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty in her twenties with a passion she had... -
The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977 by Robert Lacey 9781788701822 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.97In this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant, Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Queen... -
The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977 by Robert Lacey
RRP: £9.99£6.85In this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant, Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Queen... -
Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation by Susan Williams
RRP: £12.99£9.09Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into... -
Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II by Linda Porter
RRP: £12.99£9.26According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and... -
The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations by Ian Lloyd
RRP: £16.99£12.94From the crowning of Charles III, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest. Only two monarchs - Edward V and Edward VIII - were uncrowned, and a further twenty or so Scottish monarchs were crowned elsewhere,... -
The King and the Christmas Tree by AN Wilson
RRP: £9.99£7.11'An unlikely hero has a master storyteller to tell his tale. The King and the Christmas Tree is a poignant Christmas treat.' Lucy Worsley, historian, broadcaster and authorEvery December, a huge Christmas tree arrives in Trafalgar Square. Bedecked in... -
Elizabeth Woodville - A Life: The Real Story of the 'White Queen' by David MacGibbon
RRP: £10.99£6.52Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vilified and defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress, an ambitious advancer of her family's fortunes, or a... -
The Platinum Queen: Over 75 Speeches Given by Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch by Jennie Bond 9781838956721 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£4.60***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the words of Britain's longest-reigning monarch: over 256 exquisitely designed pages, packed with 130 photos and... -
The Platinum Queen: Over 75 Speeches Given by Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch by Jennie Bond
RRP: £20.00£13.86***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the words of Britain's longest-reigning monarch: over 256 exquisitely designed pages, packed with 130 photos and...