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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
RRP: $21.43$13.88Good 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... -
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame by John Guy
RRP: $15.58$11.29The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the... -
The Hours of Richard III by Anne F. Sutton 9781803996325
RRP: $35.08$23.15As a person's religious convictions, especially in times past, can be considered fundamental to their character and behaviour, the nature of King Richard III's piety has been the subject of considerable debate. Much of this controversy has focused on the... -
The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin by Margaret Rhodes 9781780270852
RRP: $19.48$13.07This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of the late Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy, into a now almost vanished world of... -
Elizabeth I's Secret Lover: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by Robert Stedall 9781526761484
RRP: $48.75$35.14In many respects Dudley was the most significant figure of his age. As a great impresario, he showed Elizabeth off to her people to glittering effect and became the forerunner of Shakespearian theatre, combining classicism with ribaldry. He attracted the... -
Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie 9781639361410
RRP: $93.60$77.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639361410Author Andrew LownieFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 145mm *... -
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross
RRP: $48.75$36.74'Totally absorbing and highly readable account of a remarkable life . . . genuinely revelatory' The Times'A colossal book about a colossal life, a spectacular journey across the entire twentieth century' Daily MailWritten with complete access to the... -
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
RRP: $25.33$16.22Includes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with... -
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: $48.75$36.31Behind the Throne is, above all, a history of family life.They ate, entertained their friends and worried about money. Henry VIII kept tripping over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the drink bills.The great... -
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother by Hugo Vickers 9780099476627 [USED COPY]
RRP: $33.13$5.17Harold Nicolson called her 'the greatest Queen since Cleopatra', while Cecil Beaton called her 'a marshmallow made on a welding machine'. Stephen Tennant said: 'She looked everything that she was not: gentle, gullible, tenderness mingled with... -
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother by Hugo Vickers
RRP: $33.13$23.95Harold Nicolson called her 'the greatest Queen since Cleopatra', while Cecil Beaton called her 'a marshmallow made on a welding machine'. Stephen Tennant said: 'She looked everything that she was not: gentle, gullible, tenderness mingled with... -
Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century by Ingrid Seward 9781471183522 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.00$5.17For more than 70 years until his death on 9 April 2021, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy too often went largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb new biography of the Duke of... -
Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century by Ingrid Seward 9781471183522
RRP: $39.00$25.86For more than 70 years until his death on 9 April 2021, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy too often went largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb new biography of the Duke of... -
James I (Penguin Monarchs): The Phoenix King by Thomas Cogswell
RRP: $15.58$11.29'First and foremost, he survived, and that was no mean achievement' James's reign marked one of the rare breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland, on Elizabeth I's death he became James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British... -
King Charles III: A Modern Monarch by Alison James
RRP: $42.88$30.44A boy born to be king, he had to wait 73 years to fulfil his destiny - the longest wait by an heir apparent in British history. 'King Charles III' looks back at his life thus far - how his childhood shaped him into the man and monarch he is today, his... -
The Nine Lives of John Ogilby: Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets by Alan Ereira
RRP: $25.33$16.83Four hundred years ago, every barrister had to dance because dancing put them in harmony with the universe. John Ogilby's first job, in 1612, was to teach them. By the 1670s, he was Charles II's Royal Cosmographer, creating beautiful measured drawings... -
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak
RRP: $25.33$16.54'Draws startling parallels with Meghan ... Both were 34 when they met their princes, both are adored children of strong, single mothers, both have a pared-down style and an electric presence and both are evidently worshipped by their Royal partners.' S... -
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel 9780226690896
$82.58Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel's King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date... -
The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle by Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
RRP: $42.90$31.24'The Duchess does indeed seem a remarkable woman . . . this is an engaging book' Lynn Barber, Daily TelegraphWhen Emma Watkins, the pony-mad daughter of a Welsh farmer, imagined her future, she imagined following in her mother's footsteps to marry a... -
By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor by Scott Mitchell 9781399602846
RRP: $17.53$10.63'I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life! You haven't wasted a minute of it...'In December 2020, while the world was gripped with news of an imminent third lockdown, Scott Mitchell was visiting... -
Philip of Spain by Henry Kamen 9780300078008
RRP: $33.13$28.49"A historian's biography of Philip II as Renaissance prince, refuting the Elizabethan propaganda picture of the spider of the Escorial."-New York Times Book Review (And Bear in Mind)"In humanizing a man too often viewed as a cardboard tyrant, Kamen has... -
James II: King in Exile by John Callow 9780750964937
RRP: $29.23$23.30James II was Britain's last Catholic king. The spectacular collapse of his regime in 1688 and the seizure of his throne by his nephew William of Orange are the best-known events of his reign. But what of his life after this? What became of him during his... -
Charles III: A King and His Queen by Chris Jackson
RRP: $87.75$66.57From the excitement of royal tours to capturing official portraits and quiet behind-the-scenes moments of all senior members of the British royal family, Chris Jackson s singular insight into the most famous family on the planet has never been more... -
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey 9780099437246
RRP: $37.03$27.32Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survivedCATHERINE OF ARAGON: the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir... ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to... -
At Home with the Queen: Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household by Brian Hoey
RRP: $21.43$14.14Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator. This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past... -
Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore
RRP: $21.43$14.43The struggle for the soul of England after the death of Henry VIIIIn the death of Henry VIII, the crown passed to his nine-year-old son, Edward. However, real power went to the Protector, Edward's uncle, the Duke of Somerset. The court had been a hotbed... -
Cnut (Penguin Monarchs): The North Sea King by Ryan Lavelle
RRP: $15.58$11.29'A reputation as a ruthless ruler was sealed that would last beyond his lifetime. In that respect, at least, Cnut had succeeded...'Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great 'what ifs' of English history. The Dane who became King of England after a long... -
AEthelstan: The First King of England by Sarah Foot
RRP: $37.03$31.55"AEthelstan was perhaps the most important king of tenth-century England, but we know very little about him, and he has no modern biography. Sarah Foot triumphantly fills this gap, and adds to the richness of our understanding of the period in a way that... -
Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor by Philip Freeman 9780300256642
RRP: $37.03$31.55The 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 Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman
RRP: $17.53$12.09In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson and crown her... -
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $29.23$18.58*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Tudor tells a family story like no other.The Tudors are a national obsession, undoubtedly British history's most notorious family. But beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we... -
William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John van der Kiste
RRP: $31.18$23.89Mary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the... -
The Kings & Queens of England by Nicholas Best 9780297834878 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.53$3.49A beautifully illustrated companion to the Royal family throughout historySpanning ten dynasties of England's monarchs, The Kings and Queens of England presents portraits and potted biographies of England's monarchs. Spanning from the Normans through to... -
The Kings & Queens of England by Nicholas Best 9780297834878
RRP: $17.53$10.63A beautifully illustrated companion to the Royal family throughout historySpanning ten dynasties of England's monarchs, The Kings and Queens of England presents portraits and potted biographies of England's monarchs. Spanning from the Normans through to... -
The Wicked Wit of Prince Philip by Karen Dolby 9781782438823 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$3.65His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE was at the forefront of British public life since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947. In the seventy years since, his wit (and the occasional 'gaffe') continued to endear him to the nation, as... -
The Wicked Wit of Prince Philip by Karen Dolby
RRP: $19.48$13.86His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE was at the forefront of British public life since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947. In the seventy years since, his wit (and the occasional 'gaffe') continued to endear him to the nation, as... -
The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives by Aidan Dodson 9781649031631
RRP: $58.48$47.11An innovative account of the careers of the Nubians who occupied the Egyptian throne, written by a leading Egyptologist and author of Tutankhamun, King of EgyptThe region of Nubia-now spanning the modern border between Egypt and Sudan-was long a subject... -
Charles, The Alternative King: An Unauthorised Biography by Edzard Ernst 9781788361064
RRP: $29.15$27.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788361064Author Edzard ErnstFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 2100mm * 135mm * 13mm -
Henry I (Penguin Monarchs): The Father of His People by Edmund King
RRP: $15.58$11.29'To be a medieval king was a job of work ... This was a man who knew how to run a complex organization. He was England's CEO'The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I came to unchallenged power only after two of his brothers died in strange... -
Prince Philip's Century 1921-2021: The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh by Robert Jobson 9781913543099 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.53$5.17For decades Prince Philip shared the Queen's burden of office without upstaging her, always privately providing reassurance and advice but never overstepping the boundaries of his supporting role. It was an unforgiving position - a challenge for anyone -...