Royalty

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975086Author Manucher FarmanfarmaianFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 476g

This latest book from John Van der Kiste, the eminent historian of European royalty, is an account of Queen Victoria's personal and political relationships with the empires, or to be more exact, the Kings and Queens, Emperors, Empresses and their...

This is the history of England's turbulent times, told through the stories of the country's nobility. The book begins with the Norman Conquest in 1066 and ends with the union of England and Scotland in 1707. The nobility fought wars against Scotland in...

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way again."-Publishers Weekly "Where Prose really...

2002 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, a golden jubilee that this book, written by BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond, commemorates. On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, became Queen on...

Richard II (1377-99) has long suffered from an unusually unmanly reputation. Over the centuries, he has been habitually associated with lavish courtly expenditure, absolutist ideas, Francophile tendencies, and a love of peace, all of which have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605984421Author Penny JunorFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 33mm

This stylish and incisive narrative presents readers with a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating kings in European history. Louis XIV's story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic: legendary beginnings, beguiling women, court intrigue, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800691797Author Hippo! OrangeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Orange Hippos!Publisher Welbeck Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 113g

The scandalous love lives of the British Royal Family. The current Prince of Wales, our future King, has married his mistress and she will become, barring an accident, our next Queen Consort. This is a unique situation and one that is unlikely to be...

For over 700 years, the title 'Prince of Wales' has been awarded to royal heirs waiting to accede to the throne of England. They did not always achieve it even the highest in the land have been subject to disease, death and the fortunes of war, or of...

Many books have been written about the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, yet there always seem to be corners of his long life that have remained unexplored. In this long look back into his early years, Constantinos Lagos and John Carr uncover...

Elizabeth I is perhaps the most visible woman in early modern Europe, yet little attention has been paid to what she said about the difficulties of constructing her power in a patriarchal society. Elizabeth I: The Competition for Representation examines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993356650Author Chris HutchinsFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Neville Ness House LtdPublisher Neville Ness House Ltd

Long considered the definitive biography of the great Tudor Queen, this scholarly and immensely readable book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography and has been translated into nine languages.Book InformationISBN 9780897333627Author J.E...

When people think of Richard the Lionheart they recall the scene at the end of every Robin Hood epic when he returns from the Crusades to punish his treacherous brother John and the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. In reality Richard detested England and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959755036Author Margaret BramfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Malchik MediaPublisher Malchik MediaWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This is a special, updated edition in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. HRH Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 at the age of 27 and in 2012 celebrates a 60...

Queen Elizabeth I's reign is amongst the most exciting and fascinating of any period of English history. She was a glamourous queen who ruled a vibrant nation full of legendary figures: Robert Dudley, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, the Earl of Essex were...

Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corners of the Ottoman Empire, commemorative coins were issued in her name, and her birth was recorded in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390961696Author RNP SinghFormat HardbackPage Count 388Imprint Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981051185Author Knightsbridge PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Knightsbridge Publishing GroupPublisher Knightsbridge Publishing...

Everything you never knew about the powerful Tudor dynasty - from Henry VII to the glorious Elizabeth I. From Battles at Bosworth to battles for supremacy of the royal bedchamber, marriage, war, murder, divorce, religious dissent, Renaissance letters,...

For two years, Princess Der Ling was the favorite lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the imperial palace in Beijing. This book provides a unique and surprisingly intimate portrait of the Dragon Lady, who ruled China for 47 years, and brought...

For two years, Princess Der Ling was the favorite lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the imperial palace in Beijing. This book provides a unique and surprisingly intimate portrait of the Dragon Lady, who ruled China for 47 years, and brought...

The 1.3 million-copy New York Times bestseller entirely revised and filled with riveting, recently declassified information First published in 1988, this spellbinding biography was the first to expose the secret life of Wallis Warfield Simpson, the woman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312168421Author Carolly EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 658g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980740769Author John MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 660Imprint John MorganPublisher John MorganWeight(grams) 955g

'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising . . . Low's conclusion is a valuable one.' The TelegraphThe gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years studying them in his role as Royal correspondent for The Times...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312616960Author Linda PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm)...

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dominated central Europe until 1918, when the last Habsburg Emperor, Karl, fled into exile. Karl's death in 1921 made his nine-year-old son Otto head of the Hapsburg family, a position he has now held for over eighty years...

Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of her subjects than they often realize. She has known every Prime Minister since Winston Churchill and every...

A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harry-a dishy, delightful must-read filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family.Leslie Carroll's books on royalty are "an irresistible...

A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harry-a dishy, delightful must-read filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family.Leslie Carroll's books on royalty are "an irresistible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911190202Author Tudor TimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Tudor TimesPublisher Tudor TimesWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

The story of the many suitors of Elizabeth I - one of the most eligible brides in 16th century Europe.From her childhood, overshadowed by the marital upheavals of her father Henry VIII, and the tragic first encounter with courtship, to the fantastical...

The story of the many suitors of Elizabeth I - one of the most eligible brides in 16th century Europe.From her childhood, overshadowed by the marital upheavals of her father Henry VIII, and the tragic first encounter with courtship, to the fantastical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980740745Author John MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 754Imprint John MorganPublisher John MorganWeight(grams) 1089g

This is the history of the men and women who have occupied the highest position in English, and later British society. For about a thousand years they were superior lords, the leaders of a nobility which ruled; and for about three hundred years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781895885088Author Joan DaleFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint In-LightningPublisher In-LightningWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm