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Wallis in Love: The untold true passion of the Duchess of Windsor
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson. Wallis in Love brings a fascinating...
A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II
'Lovely... delivers the warmest of glows' - Telegraph 'Who wouldn't love this chocolate-box delight of insights and snapshots of The Queen...A treasure chest' - Good Housekeeping A sparkling celebration of...
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...
Kings & Queens: The Real Lives of the English Monarchs
Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann Macmillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history. From Alfred the Great to Charles III, Kings...
William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding
Andrew Morton, well-connected British royal biographer and the author of Diana: Her True Story, is writing a new book about Diana's son Prince William and his soon-to-be wife, Kate Middleton....
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, embraces over 500 years of British history, more than 60,000 sitters and explores ideas of social change, power and influence. Arguably as...
A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
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The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...
Once upon a Time
This is the story of one of royalty's most secretive families. Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand...
Lady Glenconner's Picnic Papers
Lady Anne Glenconner invites both old friends and new acquaintances to join her in The Picnic Papers . Together, they explore the curious British obsession with dining alfresco, despite our...
Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors. The Sunday
Meghan Markle's trajectory from unknown actress to world icon is remarkable. After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, she fount hard for stardom. But even when she landed her...
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark,...
Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't...
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back...
George III (Penguin Monarchs): Madness and Majesty
A short, fresh and expert account of Britain's longest reigning king King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of the future United States, George III has traditionally...
King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
The acclaimed biography of one of the most extraordinary of all European rulers Charles, King of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European...
Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen
Britain's foremost female historian reveals the true story of this key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty who began life a princess, spent her youth...
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators. This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of...
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the subject of Alison's most successful book. 'Stunning......
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
Alison Weir investigates one of the most enduring murder mysteries in English history - the death of the lost Princes in the tower, nephews of Richard III, whose body has...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Find out the truth about Henry VIII's
Thoroughly researched and with a real understanding of the times these six fascinating women lived through, Alison Weir's book reveals a Tudor England where personal needs and private emotion could,...
War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the
Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and...
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
A Spectator Best Book of the YearTrawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors,...
War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the
Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and...
Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been...
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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Queen Elizabeth II
Rod Green explores the personal and political intrigues that have dogged the House of Windsor, including the Queen's fascinating relationships with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Antony Eden to...
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power
FEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON KING CHARLES III AND HIS CORONATION'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising' Telegraph The gripping account of how the royal family really operates. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for...
Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.
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Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: [...]
The book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors at WarPower and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery,...
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a...
Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.
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...
The Windsors at War - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: [...]
'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good political thriller'WALL STREET JOURNALThe book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors...
A Voyage Around the Queen
From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth...
So Great a Prince
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Author: Lauren JohnsonFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 221mm, 363g, 336 pagesPublished: Pegasus Books, United States, 2018England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII,...
The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes
Author: Eloise Moran Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 *** Fashion writer Eloise Moran has studied thousands of pictures of Princess Diana over the past few years. Looking carefully at...
The Tudor Kings and Queens: The Dynasty that Forged a Nation
Author: Alex Woolf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Tudor Kings and Queens is the ideal, handy guide to what is a perennially popular era in British history. Beginning with...
A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III
Author: Jeremy BlackFormat: Paperback, 124mm x 196mm, 200g, 256 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2024The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts...
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
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The Times British Royal Fashion: Discover the hidden stories behind British fashion's royal influence in this must-read volume
Author: Anna Murphy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A beautiful gift for those with a fashionable eye Long before Diana's revenge dress took the world by storm or Princess...
The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty
Author: Sarah Gristwood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet it's too often dismissed as something which only...
William and Kate: A Royal Love Story
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The Serpent Queen: Now a major TV series
Author: Leonie Frieda Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 NOW THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON The bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of...
In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
Author: Nancy Goldstone Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 In the Shadow of the Empress is the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, the only woman to inherit and...
A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III
Author: Jeremy Black Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through...
House of Treason: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Dynasty
Author: Robert Hutchinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 King-makers. Conspirators. Criminals. Nobles. Seducers. The Howard family - the Dukes of Norfolk - were the wealthiest and most powerful aristocrats...