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What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely...

Alison Plowden provides a study of the fascinating lives of the six princesses of the House of Stuart who lived through the violent social and political upheavals of the 17th...

Anastasia--the name has become synonymous with enigma. the story of the youngest daughter of the last Russian czar has become one of the world's most favorite romantic fascinations, and is...

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history and for all the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London -...

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the...

The classic, bestselling, official biography of Winston Churchill, back in print for the first time in two decades 'By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that...

This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw...

On 6th July 1868, when told of the birth of her seventh granddaughter, Queen Victoria remarked that the news was 'a very uninteresting thing for it seems to me to...

Many of the academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her? This is the story of Esther Simpson, a...

' Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph In...

'Utterly fascinating.' - James Holland 'First-class... The intense rivalry of Monty and Patton is one of the great stories of the war, and has never been told better.' - Andrew...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MARGARET AND COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LESLIE AND SOPHIE CAPLAN AWARD FOR JEWISH NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AGE NON-FICTION BOOK OF...

The untold story of the world's greatest empire and the creation of modern China Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals- a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision...

A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library "[A] fascinating new study."-Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned...

An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books ) of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch-the most infamous king in British history "An intricately...

For fifteen hundred King Arthur has remained a mystery. For the first time, KING ARTHUR - THE TRUE STORY discovers the historical King Arthur, his Camelot and his final restIng...

I will be good, promised the thirteen-year-old Victoria, when she understood that she would be Queen of the most powerful country in the world. That, of course, is a matter...

Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue - she presided over some of the most momentous events in...

Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the 'Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII's...

'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child 'Now that's a Great Escape! How 34 members of the SAS evaded 5,000 Nazi troops in blizzard...

The Second Emancipation , a work of Odyssean dimension, recasts the liberation of post-World War II colonial Africa and the American civil rights struggle through the lens of Ghana's revolutionary...

A pioneering political voice, with charisma and power that rivaled many of her male contemporaries, Clodia of Rome was a pivotal figure in the late Roman Republic until a murder...

We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had another, less visible side, equally central to his character and leadership: Lincoln...

The book titled Fall Of The House Of Windsor by the author Nigel Blundell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Sarah's Story by the author Chris Hutchins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. The election of Barack Obama...

The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles,...

A gripping new approach to the Nuremberg Trial, told through the stories of the many great writers who came to witness it Nuremberg, 1945. As the trials of Nazi war...

When Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential...

When Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential...

Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first ally to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until...

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped the twenty-first century Today, we know US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor...

Jennie Churchill was said to have had two hundred lovers, three of whom she married. But her love for her son Winston never wavered. JENNIE CHURCHILL is an intimate picture...

'Hutchinson brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of terror...a gripping narrative' DAILY MAIL ' A brilliantly readable account of Henry's last years' SUNDAY TIMES ' Vivid and shocking' BOOKSELLER The Tudors retained...

Part of a series of often controversial biographies of statesmen and women who have shaped the modern world, this book features Franklin Delano Roosevelt who served 12 years in the...

Part of a series of often controversial biographies of statesmen and women who have shaped the modern world, this book features Deng Xiaoping, whose career in politics has spanned seventy...

The book titled De Gaulle by the author Julian Jackson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE 'Supremely enjoyable . . . With a...

The book titled Fergie Confidential: The Real Story by the author Chris Hutchins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From one of the most distinguished historians of our time comes the definitive portrait of the six remarkable women who shared the throne — and the turbulent fortunes — of...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Telegraph Best Book of the Year 'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky...

When Edwina Ashley, god-daughter of Edward VII, came out in 1920 she was the most intriguing and intelligent of the debutantes of her day. When her grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassell,...

This book tells the story of the Grimaldi family and their small principality of Monaco, from their 12th-century origins as Genoese pirates to the current ruler, Prince Rainier III. During...

In his short new biography of Winston Churchill, author Peter Caddick-Adams writes than the recipe for Winston Churchill's success during his wartime premiership of 1940-45 can be found in the...

The awe-inspiring story of Hannah Senesh, a female paratrooper in World War II whose courage and sacrifice left an indelible mark on history In the years before World War II,...

For the first time, the true story of Pocahontas is revealed by her own people.