Royalty category: 1453 books
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The story of the love that ended an empire
In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the...
by The Sun
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Prince William and Kate Middleton's fairytale romance is the greatest love story of the century, with a happy ending to come - a Royal wedding that will truly capture the hearts of the British people. Will was the boy who would one day be king; Kate was the middle class girl who had harboured a crush...
by Charles L. Mee Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Throughout time, leaders at the pinnacle of power - popes and kings, presidents and prime ministers, czars and generals - have subscribed to the belief that they can change the course of history, not by the force of arms, but through charm, skillful negotiation, honesty, deceit, and all the other...
by Nicholas Grossman, Dominic Faulder
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's longest-serving head of state and one of its most intriguing leaders. Born in the United States and educated in Europe, he unexpectedly became king of Thailand in 1946, acceding to the throne after the tragic death of his brother. The story of his life, reign...
Elizabeth
The Scandalous Life of an 18th Century Duchess
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Elizabeth Chudleigh was one of the eighteenth century's most colourful characters. Born into impoverished gentility, her beauty, wit and vitality soon earned her a place at the centre of court life. When she married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 she had reached the highest rung of the social ladder....
by Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018
“... L’aîné du comte Xavier et l’un des plus éloquents écrivains de notre littérature, le comte Joseph-Marie de Maistre, naquit à Chambéry, le 1er avril 1753. Voltaire, à Ferney, ne se doutait pas, en face du Mont-Blanc, que là grandissait, que de là sortirait un jour son redoutable...
by Werner Eck
Language: German
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Am Tag, an dem Augustus bestattet wurde, kamen alle öffentlichen und privaten Geschäfte zum Stillstand. Ganz Rom und Hunderttausende von Menschen aus ganz Italien beteiligten sich an den Trauerfeierlichkeiten. Die Leiche wurde auf einem Prunkbett auf den Scheiterhaufen gesetzt. Darüber ruhte, für...
by Sarah A. Southall Tooley
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2019
"Mrs. Tooley, in addition to the ordinary sources of information, has been favoured with many special anecdotes and particulars of incidents in the Queen's career. This gives her book a distinct.value." — Westminster Gazette
"Mrs. Tooley's 'Memoirs' are a brightly written popular...
Englische Könige und Königinnen der Neuzeit
Von Heinrich VII. bis Elisabeth II.
Language: German
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Diese Sammlung von 23 Herrscherbiographien bietet einen Überblick über das Schicksal der britischen Monarchie von Heinrich VII. bis Elisabeth II. Alle Königinnen und Könige werden in knappen Biographien vorgestellt, wobei die Autoren auch auf außen- und innenpolitische Konflikte sowie die kulturelle...
by Jacob Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame.
by Jean Sasson
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
In this updated 20th anniversary edition, PRINCESS describes the life of Princess Sultana Al Sa'ud, a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia. Hidden behind her black veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband and her country.
Sultana tells of appalling oppressions, everyday...
by A. Mary F. Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre....
by Jean Sasson
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Readers of PRINCESS were gripped by Jean Sasson's powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil. Now, in the compelling sequel, Jean Sasson and Princess Sultana turn the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani.As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited...
Richard III
From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
No English king has suffered wider fluctuations of reputation than Richard III, perhaps the most controversial ruler England has ever had. Vilified by critics as a ruthless master of intrigue and a callous murderer, he has been no less extravagantly praised by defenders of his reputation against Tudor...