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By Robert Lacey. 2002
"Royal" is a celebration and analysis of Britain's monarchy - an explanation of why most people feel good about The…
Queen and why it is okay to feel that way - tracing the evolution of monarchy's alliance with popular culture which is both its strength and weakness today. The book looks at these dramas along with the turning points in Britain's recent history from the point of view of the Queen herself, showing how she felt and what she believes.By Moira Johnston, Trevor Rees-Jones. 2000
A first-hand account of the crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, its causes and its consequences, by the bodyguard…
who survived it. As bodyguard to Diana's companion, Dodi Fayed, Trevor Rees-Jones was in the car with them when it crashed. Trevor survived, but his struggle to recover from his appalling injuries was only the beginning of a much bigger battle: to clear his name.A portrait of Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Groomed by her liberal father…
in statecraft, the empress married the heir to the Prussian throne in an ill-fated attempt to introduce British liberalism to autocratic Germany. Her son, Kaiser Wilhelm II, led Germany in World War I. 1996.By Mark Logue, Peter Conradi. 2010
The grandson of Lionel Logue (1880-1953) uses his ancestor's diaries and correspondence to depict Australian-born Logue's life and his role…
as speech therapist for Albert, the duke of York, who was crowned King George VI on May 12, 1937. Bestseller. 2010.By Daisy Goodwin, Sara Sheridan. 2017
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were two extremely strong-willed individuals, and first cousins in an arranged marriage. This companion book…
to the ITV series explores their passionate and tempestuous relationship, against the background of a rapidly changing Victorian society. It is full of rich historical detail and takes fans deeper into the period than ever before. 2017.By Alison Weir. 2012
Revisits the life of Isabella, Edward II's Queen. A pawn in 14th century European politics she was married to Edward…
at the age of 12 and so began a turbulent and eventful life. 2012.By Maclean'S. 1997
By Abraham Kuyper, Henry Zylstra. 1962
This classic study gives us 30 graphic character sketches that radiate scriptural insight. Each character study is based on a…
text which is used as a foundation for the study. 1962.By Christopher P Andersen. 2011
Prince William and Kate Middleton defied all odds to forge a storybook romance amid the scandals, power struggles, tragedies, and…
general dysfunction that are the hallmarks of Britain's Royal Family. Relates their families' backgrounds, including William's bond with his mother Princess Diana. Describes Kate and William's meeting while students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Explicit strong language, descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2011.By Benson Bobrick. 2001
A scholar chronicles the development of the English Bible from its first translation, sponsored by John Wycliffe in 1382, to…
the 1611 King James Version. Bobrick argues that when free to interpret the Scriptures as they saw fit, the English people adopted a concept of free thought that led to the English Civil War. 2001.By Jaroslav Pelikán. 2006
Pelikán takes the reader through the good book's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence…
in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts and the Bible's appearance in Greek, then Latin, Pelikán explores the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adopted by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship. 2006.Wallis Simpson was the woman for whom England's Edward VIII famously abdicated his throne. But her whole story has yet…
to be told. From new sources and records comes this fresh portrait. 2018.By Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Si Lady Diana et Dodi Al-Fayed n'étaient pas morts, cette nuit du 30 août 1997, ils auraient vécu villa Windsor,…
près de Paris... Quelques heures avant le tragique accident, la princesse et son amant visitent secrètement cet hôtel particulier de Neuilly, là où fleurissent les jardins de Bagatelle. La demeure a déjà accueilli un autre couple de proscrits illustres : le roi d'Angleterre Édouard VIII et Wallis Simpson, une Américaine deux fois divorcée pour qui, le 11 décembre 1936, le souverain décida d'abdiquer afin de devenir simplement le duc de Windsor. Les vies qui se sont succédé ici dessinent une histoire singulière de l'Europe où se croisent Renée Van Cleef, l'héritière de la célèbre maison, Adolf Hitler pour qui le duc de Windsor eut une sympathie qu'il paiera cher, Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, lord Mountbatten, le prince Charles et, bien sûr, la reine Élisabeth. Sans oublier Charles de Gaulle qui occupa la Villa à la Libération et s'amusa même à y entreposer la voiture du Führer. Quatre-vingts ans après l'abdication d'Édouard VIII, vingt ans après la mort de Lady Di, les derniers témoins, des voisins, des amis de toujours, des employés fidèles des Windsor, ont confié à Bertil Scali leurs souvenirs de cette époque révolue. 2016.By Neil Grant. 1970
By Nina Epton. 1971
By Louis Beroud. 2005
By Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.By Danièle Momont, Katharine MacDonogh. 2008
Jamais encore n'avait été publiée une véritable histoire des animaux de cour, surtout des chiens, bien qu'abondent témoignages, anecdotes et…
oeuvres d'art mêlant princes et bêtes. Ces compagnons à truffe se sont toujours révélés les plus fidèles des sujets pour leurs maîtres couronnés. Ils furent en outre des substituts de parents, d'enfants ou d'amis dans des familles royales où les émotions intimes trouvaient difficilement à s'exprimer entre humains. 2008. Titre uniforme: Reigning cats and dogs.