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By Deborah H Strober, Gerald S Strober. 2002
A biography consisting of interviews with over one hundred friends and associates of the Royal Family. They paint a rich…
portrait of the private and the public life of Queen Elizabeth II, beginning with her birth and continuing through to 2002. 2002.By Alison Weir. 2016
A profile of the niece of Henry VIII reveals her contributions to sixteenth century politics, covering her two affairs, arrangement…
of her son's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots, and role in securing the English throne for her grandson, Scotland's James VI. 2016.By Alison Weir. 2003
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely…
public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this epic biography. The Life of Elizabeth I is history at its most entertaining and thought-provoking. 2003.By Antonia Fraser, J. P Brooke-Little. 1995
By William Dalrymple. 2007
On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or…
panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture. 2007.By James Lees-Milne. 1983
A readable account of the luckless Stuart dynasty, featuring the fates of Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I of England,…
and other ancestors of these monarchs. The Scottish-born family supplied England with four kings and two queens. 1984, c1983.By Alison Weir. 2009
The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unprecedented in English history.…
Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence, demolished many romantic myths and popular misconceptions, and rewritten the story of Anne's fall, creating a detailed portrait of the dramatic last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history. 2009.By C. V Wedgwood. 1983
"The King's War" takes the story of the great rebellion from 1642-1647. During these years the great battles of Marston…
Moor and Naseby were fought, Rupert emerged as the King's chief general and Montrose conducted his brilliant but forlorn campaign in Scotland. On the parliamentary side the death of Pym was followed by the rise of Cromwell, both in parliament and in the field. Here for the first time "the ordinary people" had an organization through which they could make their influence felt on the politics of the nation. Sequel to "The King's peace, 1637-1641" (DC30908). 1983.By Jane Murray. 1974
By Michael Broers. 2019
All previous biographies of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words. This…
is the first that makes full use of his newly released personal correspondence. 2019.By Philip Eade. 2011
The author recounts the prince's extraordinary upbringing in Greece, France, Nazi Germany and Britain, where he inhabited a strikingly colourful…
milieu yet was beset by continual turbulence and a succession of family tragedies. 2011.By Joan Haslip, Pierre Charras. 1985
François-Joseph, empereur d'Autriche, fut amoureux de la comédienne Katharina Schratt. Cette relation, encouragée par l'impératrice Sissi, commença en 1885 et…
dura jusqu'à la mort du vieil homme, trente ans plus tard. 1985. Titre uniforme: Emperor & the actress.By Zoé Oldenbourg. 1966
Par ce pénétrant essai sur la grande Catherine de Russie, l'auteur veut lever le voile sur les circonstances de sa…
montée et de son accession au trône impérial. Cette longue lutte à trois est une face peu connue de sa vie (1729-1796). La naissance d'une étoile au firmament de l'histoire. 1980, c1966.By André Castelot. 1963
Les péripéties de la vie d'une grande dame du 19e siècle marquée d'événements dramatiques, dont l'assassinat de son mari et…
la lutte pour faire reconnaître son fils dans la lignée de la dynastie monarchique. 1963.By Mary Clarke. 1994
Mary Clarke was nanny to Earl Spencer's children during Diana's adolescence. She tells of a child growing up among family…
tensions which marked her for life, of her cares for others, her need for stability, and the roots of her eating disorder. Written before Diana's death in 1997. 1994.By Bryan Bevan. 1990
Bevan relates how Richard II rose from behind the shadow of his father, "The Black Prince," to rule England through…
22 years of great political, social, and economic change. His analysis works to dispel myths about Richard and previous unflattering portraits. 1990.By Nigel Dempster, Peter J. A Evans. 1993
One of the first complete accounts of the disastrous marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Chronicling their loves, liaisons,…
marriages, separations, divorces, and remarriages, no one in the Royal family remains unscathed. 1993.By Andrew Morton. 1988
Exclusive interviews with friends and relations of Sarah Ferguson, the woman who married Prince Andrew. When she became the Duchess…
of York, she "changed the face of the Royal Family". 1988.By Andrew Morton. 1987
The author, a correspondent for London's "Daily Star" newspaper, takes the reader on a tour into the private residences of…
Princess Margaret, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. 1987.By J. C Long. 1960