Royalty category: 1453 books
Catherine de Médicis et ses contemporaines à la Cour de France
Les Femmes de la Cour des derniers Valois Tome 2
Language: French
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Figure emblématique du XVIe siècle, Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589) est une reine souvent dépeinte comme une femme machiavélique, despotique et criminelle. Qu’en est-il vraiment ? Fût-elle heureuse ou malheureuse ? Quels fut réellement...
O Castelo de Papel
Uma história de Isabel de Bragança, princesa imperial do Brasil, e Gastão de Orléans, conde d'Eu
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Conhecida por combinar o rigor da pesquisa historiográfica com uma narrativa fluida e romanceada, a historiadora Mary del Priore narra O castelo de papel, episódios importantes da história recente do Brasil, como a Guerra do Paraguai, a Proclamação da República e a abolição dos escravos, a...
The Duke of Monmouth
Life and Rebellion
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
He was the illegitimate son of a king, a gallant and brave military hero, charming, handsome and well loved both within the court and with women; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, had the life many would have envied in the seventeenth century.
Monmouth lived in an age that was on the cusp of modernity....
Our Rainbow Queen
A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and Her Colorful Wardrobe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019
A full-spectrum collection of photos of the Queen, paired with illuminating captions explaining each outfit, spanning nine decades of fashion and every color of the rainbow.
This riotously colorful book takes a photographic journey through Queen Elizabeth II's ten decades of color-blocked style....
Ever After
Diana and the Life She Led
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
"This is the stuff of fairy tales," said the Archbishop of Canterbury on July 23, 1981, after the 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer arrived in a glass coach for her wedding to Prince Charles. But everyone knows how that fairy tale ended.
Drawing upon intensive research and interviews,...
Kate
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Following the royal wedding, the Diamond Jubilee and the imminent birth of Kate and William's first baby, popular sentiment towards the royal family has rarely been higher. At the centre of this surge in affection is a woman who has captured the heart of a nation and who, at the side of her husband,...
by Stephen Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.
Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France.
He had affairs...
by Hermann Rumschöttel
Language: German
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: German
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Kaum eine deutsche Herrschergestalt ist so von Legenden umrankt wie der bayerische König Ludwig II.; so fällt es historisch interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern nicht leicht, ein zuverlässiges Bild von diesem Herrscher zu gewinnen. Hermann Rumschöttel bietet jedoch in seiner kurz gefassten, prägnanten...
Kate
L'affascinante semplicità che ha fatto innamorare un principe, una regina e un popolo
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 26, 2016
The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement
of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.
«Il principe del Galles è lieto di annunciare il fidanzamento
del principe William con miss Catherine Middleton».
Sono le parole che mettono fine alla lunga attesa di Kate.
Dopo otto...
Fifty Years the Queen
A Tribute to Elizabeth II on Her Golden Jubilee
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
The half-century since Elizabeth II's coronation in 1952 has witnessed many changes, some for good and some for ill. Among these, she has been one of the few constants.
Fifty Years the Queen recounts her amazing life as Canada and the Commonwealth celebrate the Golden Jubilee of her accession...
Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough
The Queen's Favourite
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
The true story of Lady Sarah, who was portrayed by BAFTA Award-winning actress Rachel Weisz in the critically acclaimed film The Favourite
An unforgettable portrait of Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), the glamorous and controversial founder of the Spencer-Churchill...
by W Mark Ormrod
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Edward III (1312–1377) was the most successful European ruler of his age. Reigning for over fifty years, he achieved spectacular military triumphs and overcame grave threats to his authority, from parliamentary revolt to the Black Death. Revered by his subjects as a chivalric dynamo, he initiated the...
Unser König
Friedrich der Große und seine Zeit - Ein Lesebuch
Language: German
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Schöngeist und Scheusal: Zum 300. Geburtstag Friedrich des Großen Der König, der das Staunen seines Jahrhunderts war, lässt sich nicht auf eine Formel bringen, weder glorifizieren noch verdammen, bis heute nicht: "Für einen Prozess gegen den Preußenkönig", so Jens Bisky, "ist...
The Special Relationship
Australia and the Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple: the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to an ancient symbol of power and social inequality. Even today, an invitation to meet a member of the royal family remains a pinnacle of social achievement. What is the magic the royals...