Biography & Autobiography : Royalty

"Royal Affairs" is a funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals. more...

Price: $14.00

Illicit love, madness, betrayal--it isn’t always good to be the queen Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. more...

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Though the story has been told on film?and whispered in historic gossip?this is the first book in almost fifty years to solely explore the great queen’s attachment to her beloved Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Fueled by scandal and intrigue, their relationship set the explosive connection between public and private life in sixteenth-century England in bold relief. Why did they never marry? How much of what seemed a passionate obsession was actually political convenience? Elizabeth and Leicester reignites this 400- year-old love story in a book for anyone interested in Elizabethan literature. more...

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Four accomplished sisters who rose from near obscurity to become the most powerful women in Europe. Set against the backdrop of the turbulent thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily. From a cultured childhood in Provence, each sister was propelled into a world marked by shifting alliances, intrigue, and subterfuge. Marguerite, the eldest, whose resolution and spirit would be tested by the cold splendor of the Palais du Roi in Paris; Eleanor, whose soaring political aspirations would provoke her kingdom to civil war; Sanchia, the neglected wife of the richest man in England who bought himself the crown of Germany; and Beatrice, whose desire for sovereignty was so acute that she risked her life to earn her place at the royal table. A compulsively readable narrative, Four Queens shatters the myth that women were helpless pawns in a society that celebrated physical prowess and masculine intellect. A riveting historical saga for fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser. more...

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The illustrated book covers all Kings and Queens of England from. the first Anglo-Saxon Kings to the current queen, Elizabeth II. It describes. how the Crown changed hands as a result of conquest and how the Crown has battled. Parliament. Audience. Intended for everyone interested in History of England. Features.:.; Fully illustrated.; Search for words or phrases.; Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page.; Add Bookmarks.; Text annotation and mark-up.; Always have the guide available for a quick reference.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display.; Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You. could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized. Table of Contents. The Anglo-Saxons (871-1016):. Alfred the Great (871-899) | Edward the Elder (899-924) | Ethelweard (924) |. Athelstan (924-939) | Edmund the Magnificent (939-946) | Edred (946-955) | Edwy. the Fair (955-959) | Edgar the Peaceable (959-975) | Edward the Martyr (975-978). | Ethrelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-1016) | Edmund Ironside (1016). The Danes (1016-1042): Sweyn Haraldssen (1013-1014) | Canute. the Great (1014, 1016-1035) | Harold Harefoot (1035-1040) | Harthacanute (1035-1037,. 1040-1042). The Anglo-Saxons, again (1042-1066): Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). | Harold Godwinson (1066) | Edgar Atheling (1066). The Normans (1066-1154): William. I (1066-1087) | William II (1087-1100) | Henry I (1100-1135) | Stephen (1135-1141,. 1141-1154) | Matilda (or Maud) (1141). The Plantagenets (1154-1399): Henry II (1154-1189) | Richard. I (1189-1199) | John (1199-1216) | Henry III (1216-1272) | Edward I (1272-1307). | Edward II (1307-1327) | Edward III (1327-1377) | Richard II (1377-1399). The House of Lancaster (1399-1461, 1470-1471): Henry IV (1399- more...

Price: $9.99