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An imaginative reassessment of Æthelred "the Unready," one of medieval England’s most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure The Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978–1016) has続きを見る

This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conqu……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

This latest book from John Van der Kiste, the eminent historian of European royalty, is an account of Queen Victoria’s personal and political relationships with the empires, or to be more exact, the……続きを見る

James VI & I, the namesake of the King James Version of the Bible, had a series of notorious male favourites. No one denies that these relationships were amorous, but were they sexual? Michael B……続きを見る

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483. In a turbulent world marred by civil war, Edward, 4th……続きを見る

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483. In a turbulent world marred by civil war, Edward, 4th……続きを見る

Henry VI (1422-61), a man 'more given to God and devout prayer than handling worldly and temporal things', was the third, and least successful, Lancastrian king of England; his wife Margaret of Anjo……続きを見る

No English king is more famous-or infamous! than Henry VIII, popularly celebrated as the formidable and arrogant figure portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger, the early Tudor stud who clocked up no ……続きを見る

It is, as Lord Melbourne hinted to Queen Victoria, 'a little curious that so many good-looking children should have been born of the union between George III and Queen Charlotte.' His florid youthfu……続きを見る

Extrait : J’écris l’histoire de Napoléon pour répondre à un libelle. C’est une entreprise imprudente puisque ce libelle est lancé par le premier talent du siècle contre un homme qui, depuis quatre a……続きを見る

Надо признать очень интересный факт самовозрожденного самой жизненностью на человеке явления монархического вставания и возрастания со многими материализующимися регалиями и составляющими. Это невол……続きを見る

Bon sang ne saurait mentir ! On lui a dit qu'il ressemblait au duc de Windsor, le fugace Édouard VIII. Il décide alors d'enquêter. À mesure de ses découvertes, il apprend qu'il n'est autre que le pe……続きを見る

Si Lady Diana et Dodi Al-Fayed n'étaient pas morts, cette nuit du 30 août 1997, ils auraient vécu villa Windsor, près de Paris. Quelques heures avant le tragique accident, la princesse et son amant ……続きを見る

Napoléon III (1808-1873) : Fils de Louis Bonaparte et d'Hortense de Beauharnais. Ayant connu une jeunesse d'exil et d'aventures, il revient en France après la révolution de 1848 et entame une carriè……続きを見る

Napoléon III (1808-1873) : Fils de Louis Bonaparte et d'Hortense de Beauharnais. Ayant connu une jeunesse d'exil et d'aventures, il revient en France après la révolution de 1848 et entame une carriè……続きを見る

A major reassessment of Philip V's leadership and what it meant for the modern Spanish state Often dismissed as ineffective, indolent, and dominated by his second wife, Philip V of Spain (1700–1746)……続きを見る

No tsar of Russia has been more widely known by name than Ivan the Terrible. He has exercised a sinister fascination but remained a nebulous figure, seen through a haze of blood and savagery. In tru……続きを見る

Immerse yourself in the Victorian world of an Egyptian harem as Ellen Chennells reveals the true story of the inner life of the royal house as no one had before and no one has since. Engaged as gove……続きを見る

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a ……続きを見る

Seit ihrer Entdeckung vor mehr als 20 Jahren lebt Heidi Klum auf der Überholspur. Sie ist nicht nur eines der bekanntesten Models weltweit, sondern eine der wenigen Deutschen, die es in diesem harte……続きを見る

Here are 13 stories on China's most notorious emperors - a motley crew of squanderers, murderers, thugs, lechers and idiots swaggering under the holy cloak of a tianzi! Read on and see how they got ……続きを見る

In this book, we unveil the secrets of the Chinese palace. You will learn about the physical palaces of the various dynasties of China although most of them no longer exist. Meet the occupants of th……続きを見る

Fifteen years in the making, a landmark reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates……続きを見る

The turbulent events that overtook Russia in 1917 are often called one of history's great turning points. In March of that year, a corrupt, outdated, careworn autocracy - the 300-year-old Romanov dy……続きを見る

Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, econom……続きを見る

Katharina II., genannt Katharina die Große war ab dem 9. Juli 1762 Kaiserin von Russland, Herzogin von Holstein-Gottorf und ab 1793 Herrin von Jever. Sie ist die einzige Herrscherin, welcher in der ……続きを見る

Der schwedische Historiker Crusenstolpe beschreibt in dieser Biografie eindrucksvoll das Leben der Zarin und die Zustände im Russland des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts. 続きを見る

Zweigs Biografie gehört auch heute noch zu den bekanntesten und besten Biografien der ehemaligen Königin von Schottland und Frankreich. Da Schottland zur Zeit ihrer Geburt von politischen und religi……続きを見る

Ohne Frage gehört Ludwig II. zu den schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten der bayrischen Geschichte. Dieser historische fundierte Roman legt Zeugnis ab von seinem Leben und Wirken. 続きを見る