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The three Edwards
By Thomas B Costain. 1962
A chronicle of the Plantagenet kings, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, including accounts of the last Crusades, the…
Hundred Years' War, the struggle with Scotland, and the Black Plague. 1962.The last emperor
By Edward Behr. 1987
Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, ascended the throne in 1908 at the age of 3. From a charmed…
existence in the Forbidden City, he was swept into the political intrigues of Asia and became the despised figurehead of Japan's Manchurian regime. 1987.The challenge of Anne Boleyn
By Hester W Chapman. 1974
A reinterpretation of the career of Henry's "dark lady", in the direct light of her own era, assessing the melodrama…
of her rise and inevitable fall. Originally published in Great Britain under the title: "Anne Boleyn." 1974.Royal follies
By David Randall. 1988
This compilation of monarchy madness reveals the deepest, darkest and wackiest secrets of royal families around the world. From the…
rollerskating King of Greece to the Bible-eating Emperor of Ethiopia, these anecdotes tell tales of the mad, bad, rude, lewd, needy and greedy. 1988.Princess Margaret
By Christopher Warwick. 1983
While showing the public side of Princess Margaret's life, the author also looks at Peter Townsend, the man she was…
not allowed to marry, and the breakdown of her marriage to Lord Snowden. c1983.Queen Anne
By David Brontë Green. 1970
A portrait of the personal and public life of Queen Anne of England. It examines the political and military achievements…
of her reign and her rivalry with Sarah, the duchess of Marlborough. 1970.Queen Victoria: born to succeed
By Elizabeth Longford. 1965
A lengthy, detailed life of the British queen who gave her name to an age. The author focuses more on…
the personal rather than the political aspects of her reign. 1965. Uniform title: Victoria R.I.Marie-Antoinette ((J'ai lu ; 1684-1685))
By Stefan Zweig, Alzir Hella. 1983
Guillaume le Maréchal ou le Meilleur chevalier du monde (Les Inconnus de l'histoire)
By Georges Duby. 1984
Guillaume, issu d'un modeste lignage, est né au milieu du XIIème siècle. Champion de tournois jusqu'à quarante ans, il a…
servi fidèlement les Plantagenêts : Henri II, son fils aîné Henri le Jeune et les cadets Richard Cur de Lion et Jean Sans Terre. En récompense, on lui a donné pour femme l'un des plus beaux partis d'Angleterre. Il a combattu Philippe Auguste et c'est à soixante-treize ans, comme Régent d'Angleterre du jeune Henri III, qu'il a remporté contre le futur Louis VIII la bataille de Lincoln en 1217, qui obligea les Français à conclure la paix et à évacuer l'Angleterre. Apprenant la mort de Guillaume dans la tradition des Croisés, Philippe Auguste et ses barons le proclamèrent " le meilleur des chevaliers ".Les filles de Sultana
By Jean P Sasson, Marie-Thérèse Cuny. 1995
Suite de "Sultana" (FD03297), dans laquelle la princesse raconte les conditions de vie des femmes de son pays en même…
temps qu'elle relate sa vie ainsi que celle de ses soeurs et filles.Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century,…
but in this surprising new biography, bestselling author Anna Pasternak redeems a woman wronged by history with new information revealed by those who were close to the couple-presenting Wallis as a convenient scapegoat to rid England of a king deemed unworthy to rule. The story that has been told repeatedly is this: The handsome, charismatic, and popular Prince Edward was expected to marry a well-bred virgin who would one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince was 37 years old, he fell in love with a skinny, divorced American woman-Wallis Simpson. No one thought the affair would last, and when the prince did become king, everyone assumed the affair would end. But instead the new king announced he wanted to marry the American divorcee, and Wallis was accused of entrapping the prince in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to be queen. After declaring that he could not rule without the woman he loved at his side, the king gave up his throne, and his family banished him and his new wife from England. The couple spent the rest of their days in exile, but happy in their devoted love for each other. Now, Anna Pasternak's The Real Wallis Simpson tells a different story: that Wallis was the victim of the abdication, not the villain. Warm, well-mannered, and witty, Wallis was flattered by Prince Edward's attention, but like everyone else, she never expected his infatuation to last. She never wanted to divorce her second husband or marry Edward. She never anticipated his jealous, possessive nature-and his absolute refusal to let her go. Edward's true dark nature, however, was no secret to the royal family, the church or the Parliament; everyone close to Edward knew that beyond his charming facade, he was immature, self-absorbed, and uneducated-utterly unfit to rule. Wallis begged Edward to stay on the throne and let her go, foreseeing the verdict history would pass on her. Caught in Edward's fierce obsession, she became the perfect scapegoat for those who wished to dethrone the king they feared to rule. On the night Wallis died, Princess Margaret told a friend, "It wasn't her we hated, it was him." Rejecting the sinister schemer at the center of a dark royal fairytale, Anna Pasternak reveals Wallis Simpson as an intelligent woman, written off by cunning, powerful men and forced into a life she never wanted in a complex, riveting, and tragic true story of manipulation and betrayal.The Romanovs: the final chapter
By Robert K Massie, Robert K. Massie. 1995
Chronicles the work of historians, journalists, and scientists to locate and identify the remains of the last Russian tsar and…
his family. Discusses the 1918 execution and interment, subsequent denials by Soviet authorities, the recovery of the remains, arguments among forensic experts, claims that family members had survived, and conclusions based on DNA testingThe Children of Henry VIII
By Alison Weir. 2003
At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old…
Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art.The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
By Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones. 2012
Number one New York Times best-selling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the real-life characters behind her…
Wars of the Roses novels. Gregory and her team describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War series: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.Finding freedom: Harry and meghan and the making of a modern royal family
By Omid Scobie. 2020
The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's life together, finally revealing why they chose…
to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives , from two top royal reporters who have been behind the scenes since the couple first met. When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world's attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines—from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives—few know the true story of Harry and Meghan. For the very first time, Finding Freedom goes beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan's life together, dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the pond. As members of the select group of reporters that cover the British Royal Family and their engagements, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have witnessed the young couple's lives as few outsiders can. With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the worldBlood and oil: Mohammed bin Salman's ruthless quest for global power
By Bradley Hope. 2020
Hope and Scheck show how Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise to power coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain…
that had been at the head of U.S.-Saudi relations for more than eighty years: oil in exchange for military protection.Elizabeth & margaret: The intimate world of the windsor sisters
By Andrew Morton. 2021
Perfect for fans of The Crown , this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth…
II and her sister Margaret as they navigate life in the royal spotlight. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet.' And bow to her wishes.Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system—and her fraught relationship with its expectations—was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying a divorcee, Group Captain Peter Townsend, forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover.From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden war-time lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years. Andrew Morton's latest biography offers unique insight into these two drastically different sisters—one resigned to duty and responsibility, the other resistant to it—and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family, and the ways it adapted to the changing mores of the 20th centuryThe windsor diaries: My childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
By Alathea Fitzalan Howard. 2021
The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard—who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park…
with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom—provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard's life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea's diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the CrownThe little princesses: The story of the queen's childhood by her nanny, marion crawford
By Marion Crawford. 2021
Originally published in 1950, The Little Princesses was the first account of British Royal life inside Buckingham Palace as revealed…
by Marion Crawford, who served as governess to princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. A twenty-two year old teacher recruited to look after the Duke and Duchess of York's young daughters in 1931, Marion Crawford-affectionately known as "Crawfie" by her charges-spent sixteen years with the Royal family as the children's governess. From King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson and King George VI's subsequent crowning and all the way to Elizabeth's courtship and marriage to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Crawfie's memoir offers an intimate and revelatory perspective of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood during one of the most momentous eras in British history. Initially honored as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for her loyal service to the crown, Crawfie was later demonized by the press and ostracized by the royal family for the rest of her life as a result of The Little Princesses' publication. When compared to the modern media's relentless obsession with the House of Windsor, Crawfie's touching account of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret's youth presents a poignant reminder of how much life has changed for the British RoyalsTwilight of empire: the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs
By Greg King, Penny Wilson. 2017
An account of the mysterious deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and his seventeen-year-old mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, in…
1889. Discusses the surrounding court dramas and how public perception of the incident has changed over time. Draws on family interviews and archival resources. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2017