Royalty

The crucial first years of Henry IV's reign examined, to discover how he met and overcame the challenges created by his usurpation of the throne. Having seized the throne from his cousin Richard II in 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, the first nobleman to be...

A lively, authoritative and revealing portrait of the Queen's life and work through the eyes of those who've known her and worked with her over the last 50 years. Queen Elizabeth is the most experienced figure in British public life. The most famous...

At age 25, Elizabeth II became Britain's 40th monarch and vowed to dedicate her life to service and duty on behalf of her country. She is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, head of the 53 member Commonwealth of Nations, Supreme Governor...

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world.For...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804241196Author Bob CrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 268g

The wife of King Henry I and the mother of the Empress Maud is a woman and a Queen forgotten to history. She is frequently conflated with her daughter or her mother-in-law. She was born the daughter of the King of Scotland and an Anglo-Saxon princess...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802127549Author Tracy BormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Grove PressPublisher Grove PressWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061563119Author Leonie FriedaFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513278483Author Lytton StracheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

Evelina van Millingen Pisani was a modern woman in the age of Queen Victoria. She was born in Constantinople in 1831 to an eccentric French mother and an English father, who was a doctor accused of having murdered Lord Byron. Educated in Papal Rome until...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307395627Author Donald SpotoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062982551Author Angela KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperPublisher HarperWeight(grams) 998g

'A superb, fascinating account of the new King, his court and the first year of his reign. Elegantly written by the most authoritative of royal historians writing today, it is deeply researched, impeccably sourced and filled with scoops and new details...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101966747Author Alison WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063073449Author John GuyFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639362875Author Clive IrvingFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922332370Author Helen Rayson-HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Glass House BooksPublisher Interactive PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668006931Author MR Gareth RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501169731Author Andrew MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476g

As the only daughter of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene was expected to uphold traditional feminine virtues; to marry well and bear sons; and to legitimize and strengthen her parents’ rule. Yet with their...

Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable...

As Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing through glass ceilings. And, if I'm lucky enough, to inspire.'Inspired by the...

In one of the most famous romances of the twentieth century, Europe's most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America's most beautiful movie star, the Academy award-winning actress Grace Kelly, fell in love and married against the backdrop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982169176Author Alathea Fitzalan HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Alfred's life, work and influence studied through writings of his age. Alfred and the great achievements of his reign are once more at the centre of scholarly discussion, and the studies in this collection make a significant contribution to the...

William, Duke of CambridgeBook InformationISBN 9781841653747Author Annie BullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pitkin PublishingPublisher Batsford Ltd

This biography illuminates the life of Henry VII himself, how he ran his government, how his authority was maintained, and the nature of the country over which he ruled since he first claimed the throne in 1485. Sean Cunningham explores how Henry's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345408778Author Robert K. MassieFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 641gDimensions(mm)...

In a world historically dominated by male rulers, the women who have sat on thrones of their own shine out brightly. Some queens and empresses were born to greatness, while others fought their way to power. Queens ranges from the ancient world to the...

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and...

The link between Hitler's Third Reich and European royalty has gone largely unexplored due to the secrecy surrounding royal families. Now, in Royals and the Reich, Jonathan Petropoulos uses unprecedented access to royal archives to tell the fascinating...

Discover twenty true stories of royal intrigue, power, and passion, brought to life through the gorgeous illustrations of Jennifer Orkin Lewis and the witty words of Shweta Jha. From Cleopatra to Empress Wu Zetian, Marie Antoinette to Queen Liliuokalani...

'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up...

Louis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert. Greig's influence helped to guide the prince from a stammering, shy schoolboy...

Power and Glory brings us to the dramatic conclusion of Larman's 'Windsors trilogy'.It begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it...

The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman “When we think of ancient Rome, it’s impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports—but what if it hadn’t been? This is...

The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power “A monumental exploration. . . . It is the most important treatment of its subject since Wilhelm...

When Henry IV seized the throne from his cousin Richard II, people saw it as a hopeful new beginning for England. The first monarch to have English as his mother tongue since the Norman conquest, Henry seemed to embody the ideals of chivalric kingship:...