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Thomas Cogswell's dramatic new biography brings James to life as a complex, learned, curious man and a great survivor, one who drastically changed court life in London and...
Of all Queen Victoria’s nine children, none was more intriguing than her second daughter, Alice. The contradictions in her personality are so striking that, while she has ...
Sie wurden nicht zur Legende wie die schöne Kaiserin Sisi von Österreich, aber die drei Gemahlinnen der deutschen Hohenzollernkaiser haben regen Anteil an der Geschichte i...
Five women who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all time... Vicky, Alice, Helena, Louise, And Beatrice Were Historically Unique Sisters, ...
Titanic Style explores the world of fashion and dress at the time of RMS Titanic’s famous voyage. We are taken through the wardrobes of passengers and crew of all classes ...
Dispelling the myths around this legendary queen, this biography of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of King Charles I, retells the dramatic story of the English Civil War f...
The amazing true story of one of the band members who famously played as the Titanic sank, written by his grandson On 14th April 1912, when the Titanic struck an iceberg o...
The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial and celebrated new "future history" play, whi...
A rounded portrait of William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw. It follows his life from Irish peasant to a broadcaster for the Third Reich and covers his trial and exe...
Эта книга - биография английского короля Эдуарда VII, написанная Стефаном Кларком, знаменитым британским писателем и журналистом. Эдуард VII известен своей любовью к бегам...
An authoritative account of the acquisition and subsequent sale of King Charles I's great art collection, which ultimately cost him the throne. This vivid portrait of the ...
'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop!...
'Anyone who wishes to study the reign of Henry VI will need to start from the basis which Professor Griffiths provides.' A.J. Pollard, Parliamentary History.
Henry VI i...
William III, From Prince of Orange to King of England tells the story of William of Orange before he became King of England, and tells of the clan, family, patron and clie...
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles, and the ...
Harold Nicolson called her 'the greatest Queen since Cleopatra', while Cecil Beaton called her 'a marshmallow made on a welding machine'. Stephen Tennant said: 'She looked...
Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser’s life of Mari...
This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, reassesses the role of this colorful ruler as constitutional monarch. E. A. Smith provides a ful...
Вашему вниманию предлагается книга французского историка Мишеля де Боюара, посвященная личности и правлению Вильгельма Завоевателя. Историки до сих пор спорят об итогах пр...