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From the glittering dance halls of Paris during World War I to the maisons de rendezvous, luxurious châteaus in the French countryside, The Woman Before Wallis recounts the untold story of Prince Ed……続きを見る

Focusing purely on Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with television, this book shows how she was ahead of the game in helping to change the face of British television from the outset of her reign i……続きを見る

Born as Princess Brinda, the Majarani of Kapurthala, was betrothed at the age of seven to the nine-year-old Crown Prince of Kapurthala although it would be many years until the marriage took place. ……続きを見る

Orphelin à 11 ans, marié à 16 ans, Louis XVI n'a que 20 ans lorsqu'il devient Roi de France le 10 mai 1774 à la mort de son grand-père Louis XV. Le 21 janvier 1793, Louis XVI est décapité sous la gu……続きを見る

An engrossing biography of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter that focuses on her relationship with her willful mother--a powerful and insightful look into two women of significant importance and in……続きを見る

For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors’ own version of the events at Cliveden is told. Peter Stanford has been granted unprecedented access to Lady Astor, her private ……続きを見る

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was also a scholar, murderer, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and one of the most remarkable women in history. The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Gr……続きを見る

Akbar, Emperor of India A Picture of Lfe and Customs from the Sixteenth Century This edition features • illustrations • a linked List of Illustrations and Footnotes Excerpt ...Akbar, the son of the ……続きを見る

An icon remembered in death as vividly as she appeared in life, Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of the most enduring personalities of the twentieth century-and one of the most enigmatic. With exclu……続きを見る

From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleon's favorite sister, with color photos, paintings, and illustrations. Considered by many in Europe to be the most beautiful woman……続きを見る

Entre son épouse Marie Leckzinska et ses favorites « officielles » comme la marquise de Pompadour et la comtesse du Barry, Louis XV n'aura de cesse d'entretenir des « petites maîtresses », jeunes fi……続きを見る

Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized ……続きを見る

Sarah's Story* The Duchess who Defied the Royal House of Windsor IT SEEMS that almost every week Sarah Ferguson - the Duchess of York, known to one and all as Fergie - makes headlines with her effor……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Henry, Anne and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents"We are, by the sufferance of God……続きを見る

Cleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. ……続きを見る

Was Diana murdered? Was the British Royal family involved? Was she pregnant and engaged to Dodi? Did the paparazzi or 'a blinding white flash' cause the crash? Was driver Henri Paul really drunk or ……続きを見る

Edward II (1284–1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. Conventionally viewed as worthless, incapable of ……続きを見る

Né pour être roi, il le fut dès l'âge de cinq ans, sous la Régence de sa mère Anne d'Autriche et de son principal ministre le cardinal de Mazarin. C'est à la mort de ce dernier que Louis XIV, âgé de……続きを見る

The incredible real life story of the world's first super spy 'Full of stimulating detail... vivid glimpses of the world of Elizabethan espionage' GUARDIAN 'Walsingham emerges from these pages as a ……続きを見る

In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was be……続きを見る

She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain’s last Stuart monarch, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sover……続きを見る

The story of how Elizabeth II became queen. 'Rich with princess anecdotes... Williams's book weaves the Second World War, vast social change and the royal upheaval of abdication and celebration of c……続きを見る

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 recount……続きを見る

One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sa……続きを見る

Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian. ‘Summer of Blood’ breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Charles, Diana and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Discusses the controversies surrounding the royal marriage and conspiracy theories about Diana and her d……続きを見る

Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most engaging of Henry VIIIs Queens. For her he would divorce his wife of some twenty years standing, he would take on the might of the Roman Church and the Holy Roman Emp……続きを見る

A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals. Insatiable kings, lecherous queens, kissing cousins, and wanton consorts-……続きを見る

'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN 'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT 'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative an……続きを見る

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power" -Abraham Lincoln Throughout history, all monarchs have lived with the strange dichotomy of simultaneou……続きを見る