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King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts by Claudia Gold
RRP: $16.76$11.24Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral... -
The King Who Had To Go: Edward VIII, Mrs. Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis by Adrian Phillips
RRP: $16.76$12.26How does the machinery of government respond when a King steps out of line? The relationship between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson created a constitutional crisis that has fascinated the public for decades. Unwilling to accept the idea of the... -
The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor by Trevor Rees-Jones 9780446527750
RRP: $38.70$28.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446527750Author Trevor Rees-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Edward III (Penguin Monarchs): A Heroic Failure by Jonathan Sumption
RRP: $11.60$8.58The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackEdward III ruled England for fifty years. He was a paragon of kingship in the eyes of his contemporaries, the perfect king in those of later... -
In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters by Nancy Goldstone
RRP: $19.34$12.96In the Shadow of the Empress is the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, the only woman to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor general of... -
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs): The Terrors of Kingship by Christopher Given-Wilson
RRP: $10.31$7.71'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Inept in... -
The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret by Karen Dolby 9781782439585 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.70Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret - or 'Ducky' as she was known behind closed doors.Even as a child, Princess Margaret - younger sister of Elizabeth - was noted for her theatrical and witty demeanour. Her... -
The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret by Karen Dolby
RRP: $12.89$9.09Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret - or 'Ducky' as she was known behind closed doors.Even as a child, Princess Margaret - younger sister of Elizabeth - was noted for her theatrical and witty demeanour. Her... -
Prince Harry: The Inside Story by Duncan Larcombe 9780008196486 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.47$2.95** Now updated to cover Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement. ** Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which he's made headlines all over the... -
Prince Harry: The Inside Story by Duncan Larcombe 9780008196486
RRP: $15.47$11.92** Now updated to cover Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement. ** Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which he's made headlines all over the world, Harry has... -
The Lost Queen: The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter by Anne M Stott 9781526736437
RRP: $32.25$21.96As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a... -
William IV (Penguin Monarchs): A King at Sea by Roger Knight
RRP: $6.44$5.11'He had brought nothing but trouble to the navy: how would he fare as King?'Known as the 'Sailor King', William IV was sent to join the navy by his father to discipline him, but instead became notorious for his calamitous years of service, his debts... -
The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr by Gideon Brough 9781784535933 [USED COPY]
RRP: $58.05$27.32Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr by Gideon Brough
$64.36Owain Glyn Dwr is one of the great figures of Welsh and military history. Initially a loyal subject of the king of England, he reluctantly took up arms against the Crown he had served. Once committed to rebellion, he proved surprisingly talented at... -
Katheryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth Queen by Laura Adkins 9781399082853
$28.08Katheryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who ‘survived’. Katheryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer, and author. Katheryn would face a number of events in her lifetime including being... -
Catherine Parr: Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: $16.76$11.24Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII. Catherine Parr was enjoying her freedom after her first two arranged marriages when she caught the attention of the elderly Henry VIII. The most reluctant of all Henry's wives, she... -
Queen Victoria After Albert: Her Life and Loves by Ilana D Miller 9781399099714
RRP: $32.25$23.09Few British monarchs have fit the time, the tone or the energy of an era quite the way Queen Victoria mastered her reign. From her ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901, her monarchy was one of spectacular advances in the British Empire... -
Diana: Death of a Goddess by David Cohen
RRP: $20.63$14.9800.23 a.m. August 31st 1997. The Mercedes driven by Henri Paul in which Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and Trevor Rees-Jones were travelling crashes into a pillar in the Alma tunnel in the centre of Paris, killing Paul, Dodi and Diana and seriously... -
The Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip by Ian Lloyd 9780750998468 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60$2.92The Archbishop of Canterbury called him 'bloody rude', courtiers feared he was 'a foreign interloper out for the goodies', daughter-in-law Sarah Ferguson found him 'very frightening' and the Queen Mother labelled him 'the Hun'. Journalists have... -
The Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip by Ian Lloyd
RRP: $11.60$9.09The Archbishop of Canterbury called him 'bloody rude', courtiers feared he was 'a foreign interloper out for the goodies', daughter-in-law Sarah Ferguson found him 'very frightening' and the Queen Mother labelled him 'the Hun'. Journalists have... -
Richard III (Penguin Monarchs): A Failed King? by Rosemary Horrox 9780141978932
RRP: $19.34$14.13No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the centuries since, more than Richard III.He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and died fighting his own... -
Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard 9780099532231 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.05$3.42In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, read this sparkling portrait of her court, seen through the lives of her household.'Eye-opening and thoroughly engaging' Sunday TimesDuring the sixty-three years of her reign, Queen... -
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy A. N. Wilson 9781782398318
RRP: $32.25$23.25Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of... -
Elizabeth and Philip: The Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop 9781035402427 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.80$3.42'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: $25.80$18.72'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 the Queen: The real story behind The Crown by Sally Bedell Smith 9781405932165 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$3.42Queen. Mother. Servant. Friend. This is the most intimate portrait of our longest serving monarch, an inspiration to her country: Queen Elizabeth II.Get to know the real Elizabeth in the definitive biography from the bestselling British Royal Family... -
Elizabeth the Queen: The most intimate biography of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Sally Bedell Smith 9781405932165
RRP: $16.76$12.05Queen. Mother. Servant. Friend. This is the most intimate portrait of our longest serving monarch, an inspiration to her country: Queen Elizabeth II.Get to know the real Elizabeth in the definitive biography from the bestselling British Royal Family... -
Diana, William and Harry James Patterson 9781529125535
RRP: $25.80$23.61'[A] pacy, frictionless read' Sunday Telegraph'Cinematic. . . an entertaining and persuasive study of the royal family' Publisher's Weekly'Patterson treats the princess as a person and tells the story from a mother's perspective'... -
Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe John Julius Norwich 9781473632981
RRP: $16.76$11.39'Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held Europe in the hollow of their hands.' Four great princes - Henry VIII of England, Francis I of France,... -
Emperor: A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: $23.21$20.37Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the life and reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire "Masterly."-William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal "Seldom does one find a... -
King and Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship by Siobhan Clarke
RRP: $20.63$16.03'Packed with absorbing detail and brilliant insights ... I was gripped from the first paragraph.' - Alison Weir No English king is as well-known to us as Henry VIII - famous for his six marriages, for dissolving the monasteries and for the ruthless... -
Queen of the World by Robert Hardman 9781784759513 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.18$2.95A brilliant portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it, written by the renowned royal biographer and author of Queen of Our Times, Robert Hardman._____________________________'Dazzling, poignant and full of delicious surprises;... -
Queen of the World Robert Hardman 9781784759513
RRP: $14.18$10.31A brilliant portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it, written by the renowned royal biographer and author of Queen of Our Times, Robert Hardman._____________________________'Dazzling, poignant and full of delicious surprises;... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy 9780008304904
RRP: $16.76$12.05Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived... -
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots Nancy Goldstone 9781474602082
RRP: $19.34$12.96'What a compelling read! Nancy Goldstone has brought to life the four female Stuarts in all their tragic glory' Amanda ForemanValentine's Day, 1613. Elizabeth Stuart, the sixteen-year-old granddaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Frederick V, a... -
The Last Prince of Bengal: An Indian Family's Journey from Royalty to Obscurity in the Age of Empire by Lynn Innes
RRP: $25.80$17.74The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, in 1880, he was forced to abdicate by the British authorities,... -
Scandals of the Royal Palaces: An Intimate Memoir of Royals Behaving Badly Tom Quinn 9781785906527
RRP: $25.80$18.72George Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might also have said that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the political and sexual scandals that take place in... -
Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century by Ingrid Seward
RRP: $12.89$8.53For more than 70 years, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy has too often gone largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb biography of the Duke of Edinburgh, we get the chance to read... -
The Royal Art of Poison: Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman
RRP: $12.89$8.84The story of poison is the story of power... For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and... -
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman
RRP: $29.66$21.00The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - figures of the seventeenth century. Labelled a spendthrift more interested in the theatre and her pet...