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Grace: A Biography
By Thilo Wydra. 2014
Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco.…
She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock's favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kelly's companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story Diamond Jubilee (Wayland One Shots Ser. #5)
By John Malam. 2012
This year Queen Elizabeth II enjoys 60 glorious years as monarch with a Diamond Jubilee celebration to be held on…
5th June 2012. Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the life of our Queen from her birth to present day. It is the story of a princess who became Queen and head of the Royal House of Windsor.* Birth of a Princess* The Little Princesses* Life in the Palace* Princess at War* Elizabeth becomes Queen* The Royla Family* Royal Duties* The Royal family TreeEarly photographs capture the Queen's early years and a Royal family tree place the events of her life in context.Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
By Emily Ruete Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar. 2009
Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and…
court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europe, the former princess wrote this fascinating memoir as a legacy for her children and a warm reminiscence of her island home.Born Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar, in 1844, author Emily Ruete grew up in a harem with scores of siblings. The royal family maintained its fabulous wealth and luxury with a robust traffic in ivory, spices, and human bondage. Ruete ventures beyond the palace, into the city and plantations where European traders, missionaries, and colonists exercised a growing influence. After her dramatic elopement with a German trader, Ruete attained the perspective to form a comparison of the lives of women in Muslim society with those of their European contemporaries. Originally published in 1886, this remarkable autobiography will captivate readers interested in Zanzibar and Eastern Africa as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies.The Knights of England Boxed Set, Books 1-3: Three Complete Historical Medieval Romance
By Mary Ellen Johnson. 2018
"I was captivated by the beautiful covers from the start and that captivation just carried straight through from page one…
to the end of each book." ~Jeannette R HolthamA Breathtaking Medieval Saga of Love, Duty, Loyalty, Failure and Triumph in the First Three Volumes of The Knights of England by Mary Ellen Johnson BOOK 1: The Lion and the Leopard - Maria Rendell wants to be a dutiful wife to husband Phillip, but can't deny her attraction to their liege lord, Richard of Sussex. Loving Philip should be easy. She has married the knight of whom minstrels sing; the knight who saved Richard's life. But when Phillip abandons Maria to indulge his wanderlust, she turns to Richard, sparking a passionate affair amidst the crumbling kingdom of Edward II. Meanwhile, Edward II's barons are rebelling, executing his favorites, and across the channel in France, Isabella, Edward II's wife—the She-Wolf of France—plans to invade England. Then King Edward is captured as Richard and Maria prepare to flee to safety, and Phillip returns. Now the day of reckoning is at hand—not only for Maria, Richard, and Phillip, but for that most unfortunate of Plantagenet kings, Edward II.BOOK 2: A Knight There Was - Following his return from battle with a life-threatening sickness, Margery Watson nurses Golden Knight Matthew Hart back to health. A bond deepening between them, Matthew--who refuses to marry so his younger brother may inherit all--begs Margery to openly live with him. Margery agrees. Like her grandmother before her, she will risk all for love. But a scheming adversary concocts a deception in Matthew's absence that leaves Margery the unwitting wife of a wealthy goldsmith--who seeks only to trade on her family name--while believing she was betrayed by Matthew. When Matthew returns from London to find Margery wedded and bedded, he accuses her of betraying HIM. Now, both Margery and Matthew foolishly believe that time, distance and heartbreak will be enough to keep them forever apart.BOOK 3: Within A Forest Dark - With his belief in the Perfection of Knighthood challenged by battlefield atrocities, Matthew Hart returns to London, wishing to reunite with his first love, Margery Watson. Margery's cruel husband is now dead. As a wealthy widow, she has no intention of returning to the bonds of marriage. But she cannot turn away her handsome knight, no matter the depth of innocent blood he spilled in the name of honor and duty. As Matthew forces himself to fulfill feudal obligations, and Margery's unrest turns treasonous, the forces of king and kingdom may prove the lovers' ultimate undoing or their best hope.Publisher Note: Readers with a passion for history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. This story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes and NO use of modern vulgarity. Fans of Elizabeth Chadwick, Bernard Cornwell and Philippa Gregory as well as Tamara Leigh and Suzan Tisdale will not want to miss this historically accurate series."Author Mary Ellen Johnson strides through history with the reader in the front seat." ~Karen Lausa". . . it challenged my intellect as well as my heart." ~Margaret Watkins, eBook Discovery ReviewerTHE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series orderThe Lion and the LeopardA Knight There WasWithin A Forest DarkA Child Upon The ThroneLords Among the RuinsMEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSONMary Ellen Johnson's writing career began with her passion for Medieval England. Then she took a 20-year detour when she got involved in a local murder and ultimately became the Executive Director of The Pendulum Foundation, a non-profit serving kids serving life in prison. With Mary Ellen's goal of sentencing reform nearing successful completion, she is returning to her first love, novel writing.Sofía. Nuestra reina
By Carmen Enr quez. 2018
Sofía, nuestra reina más querida, cumple ochenta años en un momento crucial para la monarquía española. Con este motivo repasamos…
su vida, haciendo especial hincapié en los acontecimientos que en los últimos años han puesto a prueba la solidez de la institución monárquica. La reina Sofía, una de las mujeres más importantes de la historia reciente de España, ha afrontado en la última década situaciones muy difíciles, desde los problemas de salud y la posterior abdicación del rey Juan Carlos y el divorcio de la infanta Elena hasta su relación con la reina Letizia, el caso Nóos o las declaraciones de Corinna Larsen. Enormemente querida, respetada y admirada, este libro viaja en retrospectiva a los orígenes de este personaje tan emblemático y nos acerca a su presente y a su forma de afrontar el futuro. En el desempeño de su labor como corresponsal ante la Casa Real, Carmen Enríquez ha acompañado a la reina Sofía durante muchos años y ha llegado a conocerla en profundidad. Para completar este elaborado perfil biográfico ha contado, además, con el testimonio de una veintena de personas directamente relacionadas con la Reina. ----- «La reina Sofía cumple ochenta años, una edad más que respetable en la vida de una persona, y lo hace llena de energía, con una salud envidiable, según cuenta el equipo médico que se encarga de velar por su bienestar, con decenas de planes solidarios que pretende llevar a cabo en el futuro dentro de su objetivo vital de ser útil a los demás, y con el ánimo de disfrutar y estar muy cerca de su familia, especialmente de los ocho nietos que tiene de sus tres hijos. »Afronta esta nueva etapa de su existencia con la misma ilusión de siempre de mantenerse activa, de seguir adelante con la Fundación Reina Sofía, que le permite hacer realidad su voluntad de ayudar a quienes más lo necesitan, de continuar con la protección de los animales, el respeto del medio ambiente, el apoyo a la investigación del mal de Alzheimer y tantos otros proyectos que tiene entre manos siempre porque cree que esos son sus deberes como reina. »Doña Sofía ha sido, es y será siempre una persona cuya prioridad es, en primer lugar, la de servir a los españoles a través de la institución de la monarquía y en segundo lugar estar a disposición de su familia, especialmente en momentos tan difíciles como los que se han vivido en los últimos tiempos en el seno de la familia real. »A pesar de todas las dificultades, que se irán desgranando a lo largo de las páginas de este libro, la reina Sofía afronta el cambio de década de los setenta a los ochenta con grandes dosis de esperanza, entereza y también ilusión, esta última debida sobre todo a una circunstancia que le hace especialmente feliz: la mejoría sustancial de su relación con el rey Juan Carlos, su marido. Él está desde hace un par de años por la labor de recomponer la relación personal con la reina Sofía; los hemos visto juntos en los últimos meses en actividades oficiales que desempeñan en pareja, con gestos cordiales y amistosos evidentes entre ellos, incluso intercambiando frases que han provocado de nuevo la sonrisa e incluso la risa franca y sonora de ella».Carmen EnríquezKing Arthur: The Making of the Legend
By Nicholas J. Higham. 2018
A prominent scholar explores King Arthur’s historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth…
century According to legend, King Arthur saved Britain from the Saxons and reigned over it gloriously sometime around A.D. 500. Whether or not there was a “real” King Arthur has all too often been neglected by scholars; most period specialists today declare themselves agnostic on this important matter. In this erudite volume, Nick Higham sets out to solve the puzzle, drawing on his original research and expertise to determine precisely when, and why, the legend began. Higham surveys all the major attempts to prove the origins of Arthur, weighing up and debunking hitherto claimed connections with classical Greece, Roman Dalmatia, Sarmatia, and the Caucasus. He then explores Arthur’s emergence in Wales—up to his rise to fame at the hands of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Certain to arouse heated debate among those committed to defending any particular Arthur, Higham’s book is an essential study for anyone seeking to understand how Arthur’s story began.Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
By Lucy Worsley. 2018
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen,…
and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. Queen Victoria simultaneously managed to define a socially conservative vision of Victorian womanhood, while also defying its conventions. Beneath her exterior image of traditional daughter, wife, and widow, she was a strong-willed and masterful politician. Drawing from the vast collection of Victoria’s correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen and the contradictions that defined her. Queen Victoria is an intimate introduction to one of Britain’s most iconic rulers as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.PEOPLE Royal Women
By The Editors of PEOPLE. 1997
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
By Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones. 2011
#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three…
women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty.In her essay on Jacquetta, Philippa Gregory uses original documents, archaeology, and histories of myth and witchcraft to create the first-ever biography of the young duchess who survived two reigns and two wars to become the first lady at two rival courts. David Baldwin, established authority on the Wars of the Roses, tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a king of England for love. And Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes of Margaret Beaufort, the almost-unknown matriarch of the House of Tudor. Beautifully illustrated throughout with rare portraits and source materials, The Women of the Cousins' War offers fascinating insights into the inspirations behind Philippa Gregory's fiction and will appeal to all with an interest in this epic period.Grace of Monaco: The True Story
By Jeffrey Robinson. 2013
The acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman…
as Princess Grace. It was one of the most famous romances of the 20th century-Europe's most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America's most beautiful movie star, the Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly, fell in love against the backdrop of the closest thing the modern world has to a magical kingdom, the French Riviera's Principality of Monaco. Told with affection and humor, and written with the unprecedented cooperation of Prince Rainier III and his children, Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie, Grace of Monaco takes readers beneath the surface glitz and the glamour of Monte Carlo for a never-to-be-forgotten portrait of the House of Grimaldi.LIFE Royal Weddings: Grandeur, Romance, and Tradition
By The Editors of LIFE. 2018
A generation ago, hidebound royal traditions would have prevented Prince Harry from marrying his love, Meghan Markle, a divorced American…
actress. But times are changing, even at Buckingham Palace. Celebrate this new chapter as well as the historic marriages of the British Royal family in this special edition, LIFE Royal Weddings.TIME Queen Elizabeth II: The World's Longest-reigning Monarch
By The Editors of TIME. 2018
PEOPLE Prince Louis! (Growing Up Royal)
By The Editors of PEOPLE. 2018
And then they were five! On April 23, 2018, Prince William and Kate Middleton added another son to their family:…
Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge. A new baby is always a cause of great joy, but a new little Windsor is a cause for celebration for royal-watchers around the world.People’s new Commemorative Edition, William, Kate & Family Welcome Prince Louis, is filled to the bonnet with the latest royal fare, presenting baby Louis’s first pictures with his parents, and the most adorable moments in the young lives of his brother and sister. This inside look at the rarefied, yet shockingly regular world of Prince George and Princess Charlotte shows what it’s really like “growing up royal.” Plus: The special bonds between royal siblings, from Queen Elizabeth and her sister, to William and Harry. And, of course, we include dozens and dozens of adorable pictures featuring the royal youngsters that are sure to melt your heart!PEOPLE Royal Wedding
By The Editors of PEOPLE. 2018
The wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is an actual fairy tale dream come true! A woman meets her…
Prince Charming - and he’s an actual prince! Now in People’s new Special Edition, The Royal Wedding, you get to experience all of the pomp, tradition and grandeur of this year’s most anticipated event, as Harry and Meghan wed and she becomes the first American woman to marry into the royal family in decades. Filled with dozens of gorgeous photographs taken throughout their relationship, engagement, and of course of the wedding, The Royal Wedding is an essential keepsake of this very special moment.The Duke: Portrait of Prince Philip
By Tim Heald. 1991
THE DUKE is the biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, a celebrity in his…
own right and yet an enigma still, even after 60 years in the public eye. What is he really like? Bombastic, autocratic, say his critics. Colourful, stimulating, say his admirers. Tim Heald was given a unique opportunity to find out for himself. Not for twenty years had a biographer been allowed such access to talk to Prince Philip and watch him at work - still very much a man in a hurry, still speaking and questioning on an astonishing variety of subjects and treading the most impossible tightrope between the breezy informality which he first introduced to the royal family and the parade-ground traditions which he has had to accept. And members of the royal family - among them the Queen Mother, Princes Margaret, Princess Anne and his only surviving sister, Princess Sophie - also share with Heald their thoughts on the man who started life as Philip of Greece, one of a royal family who were deposed and exiled while he was still an infant. Many other witnesses reveal for the first time the Prince Philip they know. His early days in exile, at schools in France, in England and in Germany - where he had first-hand experience of the 'unpleasant habits' of the Nazis, and then in Scotland at the newly founded Gordonstoun. His service with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War Two. His engagement in 1947 to Princess Elizabeth, twenty-one-year-old daughter of King George VI. As Tim Heald observes, Prince Philip swiftly emerged as very much his own man, winning over one or two doubters within the Court who might have preferred a home-grown aristocrat as husband to the future Queen. Written with the co-operation of Buckingham Palace, THE DUKE is a brilliantly informed portrait of a life that has been independent of, but fully supportive to the Queen.Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
By Robert K. Massie. 2000
The story of the love that ended an empireIn this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers…
back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs' lives: Nicholas's political naïveté, Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history--the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great.Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians
By Margaret C Jones. 2018
The story of the daughter of Alfred the Great, who fought against Viking invaders and ruled a kingdom in the…
tenth century. Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led her army in battle against Viking invaders. She further broke with convention by arranging for her daughter to succeed her on the throne of Mercia. To protect her people and enable her kingdom in the Midlands to prosper, Aethelflaed rebuilt Chester and Gloucester, and built seven entirely new English towns. In so doing she helped shape our world today. This book brings Aethelflaed’s world to life, from her childhood in time of war to her remarkable work as ruler of Mercia. The final chapter traces her legend, from medieval paintings to novels and contemporary art, illustrating the impact of a legacy that continues to be felt to this day.Bloody Mary: Tudor Terror, 1553–1558 (History of Terror)
By Phil Carradice. 2018
When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild…
rejoicing and a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death five years later she was almost universally reviled and hated by her people so much so that she was posthumously awarded the sobriquet Bloody Mary.Marys revenge on the church and on a religion she hated was swift and total. Noblemen like the Duke of Northumberland, would-be queens like Lady Jane Grey, churchmen like Thomas Cranmer and bishops Latimer and Ridley, Marys fires or the executioners axe ended the lives of all of them.During her brief reign she restored the Catholic faith to England and had over 280 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake. For a reign that looked so promising Marys brief period in power brought the greatest officially sanctioned religious bloodletting the country had ever seen. And at the end, the stench of the execution fires and the grey smoke that settled like a pall across the country seemed to epitomize the reactionary forces that had assumed control.Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
By Robert Zaretsky. 2019
In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian…
empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.Victoria: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
By Julia Baird. 2016
This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen--a Victoria for our times. Drawing…
on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. "A crisp, sparkling account of the extraordinary woman whose reign was as long as her legacy is vast."--Stacy Schiff When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public's expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother's meddling and an adviser's bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping conventional boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security--queen of a quarter of the world's population at the height of the British Empire's reach. Drawing on sources that include fresh revelations about Victoria's relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning. Advance praise for Victoria: The Queen "Victoria was young enough when she assumed the throne to consult with her prime minister about her eyebrows (were they too thin?), confident enough when she married to elect to preserve the word 'obey' in her vows. Julia Baird vividly captures her in every light, at once bold and sentimental, stubborn and deferential."--Stacy Schiff "A stunning achievement . . . Neither sanitized nor mythologizing, Victoria: The Queen is a remarkably lucid, endlessly engaging account of Queen Victoria's life and rule."--Amanda Foreman "With elegance and keen insight, Julia Baird has painted a memorable, moving, and surprising portrait of one of the most important women in history. This is a remarkable book; in Baird's hands, Victoria's story resonates in our own time, shedding new light on why we live the way we do now."--Jon Meacham