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Isabella by Kirstin Downey
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2015. Long-listed for PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780307742162Author Kirstin... -
Our Rainbow Queen by Sali Hughes
RRP: €15.46€10.82This beautiful book takes a photographic journey through Queen Elizabeth II's ten decades of colour-blocked style. The photographs, which span the colours of the rainbow and a century of style, are gloriously accessorised with captions and commentary by... -
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell 9780008436988
RRP: €29.75€19.67'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY ... -
Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life by Karen Dolby 9781789291766 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.23A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style among them.Queen Elizabeth II - Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of... -
Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life by Karen Dolby
RRP: €11.89€8.15A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style among them.Queen Elizabeth II - Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of... -
Nicholas & Alexandra: Nicholas & Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
RRP: €17.84€11.66The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heir's haemophilia, and... -
Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer 9780300254433
RRP: €41.65€40.35The 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... -
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
RRP: €17.84€13.51The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the... -
Henry VIII’s True Daughter: Catherine Carey, A Tudor Life by Wendy J Dunn 9781399012249
RRP: €26.18€18.59The lives of Tudor women often offer faint but fascinating footnotes on the pages of history. The life of Catherine – or Katryn as her husband would one day pen her name – Carey, the daughter of Mary Boleyn and, as the weight of evidence suggests, Henry... -
Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by G. W. Bernard
RRP: €16.65€14.58A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn"Will certainly make readers think again about what we really know about Henry VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer,... -
The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr by Gideon Brough 9781784535933 [USED COPY]
RRP: €53.55€25.20Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr by Gideon Brough
€58.91Owain 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... -
The Kings and Queens of England: Lives and Reigns from the House of Wessex to the House of Windsor by Peter Snow
RRP: €23.80€13.86Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history.Kings & Queens explores the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy that is the envy of the world. Snow and... -
Elizabeth: The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years by Gyles Brandreth 9780241674604
RRP: €29.75€21.44THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHSA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best'Compelling... -
George I (Penguin Monarchs): The Lucky King by Tim Blanning
RRP: €5.94€4.52'One stroke of good fortune after another had taken him to be ... the sovereign of three kingdoms and thus ruler of what was rapidly becoming the most prosperous and powerful empire in the world'George I was probably the most important of the... -
Stephen (Penguin Monarchs): The Reign of Anarchy by Carl Watkins
RRP: €9.51€6.89'Stephen risked being seen as a man who never quite transcended the essential flawed-ness of his claim to be king. His actions betrayed uneasiness in his new skin' Remembered as a time in which 'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled reign... -
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown by Alexander Larman 9781474623971
RRP: €13.08€8.81'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good political thriller'WALL STREET JOURNALAt the outbreak of war, the British monarchy was in turmoil. Edward VIII had abdicated, leaving his brother Bertie to take on a... -
Samuel Pepys: The Diaries by Samuel Pepys
RRP: €23.80€17.48When Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began writing in 1660 he was a young clerk living in London, struggling to pay his rent. Over the next nine years as he kept his journal, he rose to be a powerful naval administrator. He became eyewitness to some of the most... -
Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages that Changed History by Joanne Major 9781473863422
RRP: €23.79€16.99Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British Royal Family. The first part of this... -
All The Queen's Corgis: Corgis, dorgis and gundogs: The story of Elizabeth II and her most faithful companions by Penny Junor
RRP: €20.22€13.73'It is actually a serious book, but it had me laughing out loud several times on the Tube. All mothers should receive one for Christmas.' Marcus Berkmann, Spectator Everyone who loves The Crown on Netflix will enjoy this celebration of Queen Elizabeth... -
British Royal Tombs by Aidan Dodson 9781843681182
RRP: €20.22€13.73Aidan Dodson's British Royal Tombs covers all the burials of the kings, queens (and lords protector) of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom, from the occupant of the great Sutton Hoo ship burial, to George VI, last Emperor of India, including of... -
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft
RRP: €15.46€10.82The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways,... -
Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn 9781785904790 [USED COPY]
RRP: €23.80€2.73For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens, wayward children, royal aunts and uncles, distant cousins and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. This remarkable building has served as the stage for some of... -
Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn 9781785904790
RRP: €23.80€17.23For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens, wayward children, royal aunts and uncles, distant cousins and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. This remarkable building has served as the stage for some of... -
Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen by Linda M. Heywood
RRP: €22.55€18.29"The fascinating story of arguably the greatest queen in sub-Saharan African history, who surely deserves a place in the pantheon of revolutionary world leaders."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Though largely unknown in the West, the seventeenth-century African... -
The Sun King by Nancy Mitford
RRP: €13.08€9.25This gossipy account of Louis XIV is a clear and fascinating historical biography from Nancy Mitford. ... -
Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir
RRP: €17.84€13.03Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent-and dangerous-courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biography of this charismatic monarch been set... -
George VI: The Dutiful King by Sarah Bradford
RRP: €20.22€14.61The definitive biography of George VI, the hero of The King's SpeechGeorge VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second... -
Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor by Simon Elliott
RRP: €29.75€20.97The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, he made a late career change from working as a grammar... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy
RRP: €15.46€10.09A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she... -
The Gown: An enthralling historical novel of the creation of Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress by Jennifer Robson
RRP: €11.89€8.09Perfect for anyone who's captivated by The Crown, The Gown 'will dazzle and delight' (Independent)!The Gown is an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century - Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown - and... -
Henry II by W. L. Warren 9780300084740
RRP: €26.18€23.28Henry II (1133-1189) was an enigma in his own time and has continued to excite widely divergent judgments ever since. His quarrel with Archbishop Becket, his troubled relationships with his sons and with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and other dramatic... -
The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (TPB) (GRP) by Miri Rubin
RRP: €20.22€14.61There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power,... -
Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: €13.08€8.63The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all. 'I like her not!' was the verdict of Henry VIII on meeting his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, for the first time. Anne could have said something similar on... -
King Charles II by Lady Antonia Fraser 9780753814031 [USED COPY]
RRP: €20.22€2.89Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660.Spanning his life... -
King Charles II by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: €20.22€13.73Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660.Spanning his life... -
Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents--One Queen's Special Relationship with America by David Charter 9780593712870
RRP: €29.74€19.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593712870Author David CharterFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Two Popes: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins by Anthony McCarten 9780241985489
RRP: €11.89€8.46From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Two Popes is a fascinating, revealing and gripping tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other - they both live in the Vatican - and the... -
Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey
RRP: €11.89€7.90AS SEEN IN THE TIMES AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller 'THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail THIS CRISIS IS... -
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis 9781782438670 [USED COPY]
RRP: €13.08€3.15Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by...