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Frederick the Great: the magnificent enigma
By Robert B Asprey. 1986
Biography of the Hohenzollern King of Prussia, military strategist, statesman, and patron of the arts. Part of the enigma of…
the title is that as a young prince he was known for "effeminate, lascivious, and womanly activities", he was later recognized as an active military genius. Some strong language. 1986.Germany (Countries of the world)
By Richard Lord. 1999
Introduces the geography, history, government, and culture of reunified Germany. Includes the country's past and present relationships with the United…
States. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999. (Countries of the world)Hooked: Fly-fishing through Russia
By Fen Montaigne. 1998
Fen Montaigne, an American journalist, and ex-Moscow correspondent, decided to fly-fish right across Russia. His voyage (which is more of…
a direction than a road) in search of fish such as lenok, grayling, steelhead and the legendary taimen, takes him from infamous gulags set in the stark beauty of the Solovetsky Islands, to the deserted gold mines at Kolyma, where starving inmates literally walked on gold, and the pristine waters of tundra rivers. Strong language. 1998.God bless her!: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
By Robert Lacey. 1987
The author believes that the wife of King George VI, who died in 1952, helped make her husband a great…
modern king. Lacey states that the monarchy owes its continued secure status in British political and social life largely to the Queen Mother. 1987.Great Catherine: The Life Of Catherine The Great, Empress Of Russia
By Carolly Erickson. 1994
Erickson looks for the real woman behind the tarnished image of Empress Catherine II of Russia. Catherine, an indomitable and…
visionary ruler, increased the size of Russia, raised its prestige, and imposed political and legal order on the country during her 18th century reign. 1994.Henry VIII: The Mask Of Royalty
By Lacey Baldwin Smith. 1971
Cleopatra rules!: the amazing life of the original teen queen
By Vicky Shecter. 2012
Dawdling by the Danube: with journeys in Bavaria and Poland
By Edward Enfield. 2008
Edward Enfield chronicles his adventures bike-riding through Europe for his voracious and curious fans. Here he takes a jaunt -…
for the first time - through Germany. With his characteristic wit and charm, Enfield describes the glorious German landscape in evocative prose. 2008.European detours: a travel guide to unusual sights
By Nino Lo Bello. 1981
Elizabeth R: a biography
By Elizabeth Longford. 1983
For everyone who has ever wondered what happens when you fall in love with a certain house, on a certain…
hill, near a certain village - Extra Virgin limns Annie Hawes's joyful romance with the enchantingly beautiful Italian Riviera. 2001.Ever after: Diana and the life she led
By Anne Edwards. 1999
Recounts the Spencer family history and examines how Diana's unhappy childhood impacted her adult life. Discusses the princess's relationships with…
her family, her discovery of Charles's infidelity - before their marriage, her position within the troubled House of Windsor, her divorce, and her life afterwards. 2000, c1999.Eiger, wall of death: Wall Of Death
By Arthur J Roth. 1982
Chronicles the attempts, successful and otherwise, made by numerous mountain climbers from all over the world to scale the treacherous…
north wall of the Eiger. The Swiss alp is considered to be the world's most difficult climb and has claimed over forty lives. 1982.Elizabeth and Philip: the untold story of the Queen of England and her Prince
By Charles Higham, Roy Moseley. 1991
Set against a turbulent period in British history, marked by wars, strikes and riots, the authors provide a unique and…
surprising portrait of the Queen and the people close to her. 1991.Elizabeth and Mary: cousins, rivals, queens
By Jane Dunn. 2003
Jane Dunn's double biography Elizabeth and Mary takes as its rich and explosive subject matter the ultimately fatal relationship between…
Queen Elizabeth I of England and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. Throughout much of the second half of the sixteenth century, these two women found themselves queens of their kingdoms and locked in a battle for possession of the British Isles, which only ended with Mary's eventual downfall and execution at Elizabeth's hands in 1586. 2003.Ebdon's England
By John Ebdon. 1985
John Ebdon captures the whims and eccentricities of the English character in this portrait of the country and its people:…
the regimented Farnham commuter, and the cantankerous neighbours with deep down hearts of gold. Explaining along the way why Yorkshiremen are "God's own people" and how London views tourists. 1985.Diana's boys: William and Harry and the mother they loved
By Christopher P Andersen. 2001
Portraits of the princes William and Harry, with and without their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Andersen describes the boys'…
development from hellions to seemingly well-adjusted adolescents, and the roles of Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, and Camilla Parker Bowles after Diana's death. He also looks at the women in William's life. Bestseller. 2001.Ebdon's odyssey
By John Ebdon. 1979
The first book from the Director of the London Planetarium, better known as a humorous broadcaster. Here he writes about…
the non-tourist side of Greece, two islands in the Cyclades, where he is accepted into the villages as a welcome inhabitant. In his own words, "It is not a travel book. It is about people... of the islands of Andros and Kos." 1979.Duchess: the story of Wallis Warfield Windsor
By Stephen Birmingham. 1981
Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and her people
By Andrew Marr. 2011
With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention…
to the monarch - and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. 2011.