Royalty category: 1453 books

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Anmut im märkischen Sand

Die Frauen der Hohenzollern

by Christine von Brühl
Language: German
Release Date: April 1, 2015

Wie kam die Anmut in die Mark? Kaum eine Dynastie hat die Geschicke Preußens so geprägt wie die Familie der Hohenzollern. Unter ihrer Ägide wurde aus dem kargen Landstrich ein prosperierendes Königreich, mit enormer militärischer Schlagkraft einerseits und Toleranz, Bürgernähe, Förderung der...
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Isabel II

Una biografía (1830-1904)

by Isabel Burdiel
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 24, 2011

Premio Nacional de Historia 2011 Luces y sombras de la monarquía en uno de los periodos más convulsos de la historia de España. La llegada al trono de Isabel II, cuando aún era una niña, suscitó una guerra civil y abrió el camino para la ruptura liberal con el absolutismo. Reinó...
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by John C.G. Röhl
Language: German
Release Date: August 23, 2013

Der Erste Weltkrieg gilt als die Urkatastrophe der deutschen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Bis heute ist sich die Wissenschaft uneins über den Grad der Verantwortung, die dem letzten deutschen Kaiser, Wilhelm II., dafür anzulasten ist. Hatte der Monarch – bei aller Selbstherrlichkeit, bei allem...
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Una fortuna sfacciata

Sopravivvere all'Indicibile ad Auschwitz e Dora

by Pierre Berg, Brian Brock
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 2, 2015

Nel 1943, il diciottenne Pierre Berg, membro della Resistenza francese, scelse il momento meno opportuno per visitare la casa di un amico, perché lo fece anche la Gestapo. Venne scaraventato a Drancy, un campo di prigionia parigino, poi deportato ad Auschwitz, Dora e Ravensbrück. Scritto...
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Herodes

König im Heiligen Land

by Ernst Baltrusch
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2012

Hätte es bereits in der Antike eine Boulevardpresse gegeben – der Hof des Herodes wäre nie aus den Schlagzeilen gekommen. Herodes ließ Mitglieder aus dem engsten Familienkreis hinrichten, darunter seine Ehefrau Mariamme, mindestens drei seiner Söhne, seine Schwiegermutter Alexandra und seinen...
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by Edith Nesbit, Frances Brundage (Illustrator)
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012

A charming beautifully illustrated book originally written for English school children. Edith Nesbit attempts and succeeds to make the history of the English royal children (Prince and Princesses) appealing to young readers by putting it into language they could understand. This version of the book...
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by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

*Includes pictures of Babylonian artifacts and historic art depicting Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. *Includes ancient accounts of Nebuchadnezzar's reign and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon*Discusses the legends and mysteries surrounding the Babylonian King, the Hanging Gardens, and...
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by Magnus Jacob Crusenstolpe
Language: German
Release Date: January 24, 2014

Dieses eBook: "Katharina die Große - oder Zarin Katharina II von Russland " ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Katharina II., genannt Katharina die Große (1729 - 1796), war ab dem 9. Juli 1762 Kaiserin von Russland,...
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The Yellow Earl

Almost an Emperor, not quite a Gentleman

by Douglas Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, was perhaps the most famous English Lord in the world by the 1880s. His reckless spending of his vast fortune, his womanising, his love of fast-living, horses, hunting and boxing rocked the Edwardian aristocracy and has endeared him to risk-takers and bon-viveurs...
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Taking the Reins

The Critical Years, 1971-1977

by Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012

Just a few weeks after the foundation of the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971, Dr Sultan al-Qasimi was selected as the new ruler of Sharjah. With the addition of a further and final emirate in 1972, seven hitherto separate emirates had now become a single country under the leadership of Shaikh...
Cover of Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Volume.1 (of 3)
by C. F. Lachelles Wraxall
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015

Example i n this ebook If there be a story which may be supposed to be thoroughly familiar to the reading public, it is surely that of the Queen of Denmark, who is believed to have loved not wisely but too well. The fate of Struensee has supplied the motive for countless works more or less...
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by Quinto Curcio Rufo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 24, 2019

'Historia de Alejandro Magno de Macedonia', es una biografía de Alejandro Magno condensada en diez libros. Los dos primeros están perdidos, y los ocho restantes incompletos. La narración comienza en la primavera de 333 a. C., transcurrido ya un año de campaña militar. Alejandro se encuentra en...
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The Real Wallis Simpson

A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor

by Anna Pasternak
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019

Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, but in this “unputdownable…lively and detailed” (The Times) biography, discover a woman wronged by history with new information revealed by the latest research and those who were close...
Cover of Encyclopedia of Public Health: Principles, People, and Programs [2 volumes]
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018

Providing context to today's public health practices and broad coverage of topics, this book demonstrates how cross-disciplinary studies are critical to addressing current health issues. • Presents complex health issues in ways that encourage readers to pursue the many different opportunities...
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