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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxi, 294 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The esteemed royal biographer traces the unlikely and extraordinary story of the once-reviled wife of Britain's Prince Charles, detailing her roles in some of the darkest days of the modern monarchy and her role in helping restore its reputation.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
xviii, 476 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On February 6, 1952, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor became Elizabeth II, Queen of England. Monarch's bestselling author Robert Lacey's unique biography of Elizabeth Windsor as well as his acute analysis of history's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy. Monarch is a revelatory examination of Elizabeth II as a human being and of an institution shaped over the years by the wishes and dreams-and sometimes the anger and unhappiness-of...
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Author
Series
Selection novel volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story ... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
"Veinte años atras, America Singer concurso en la Seleccion y...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
272 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This companion book to the BBC 1 landmark observational documentary series focuses on the working lives of the most famous family in the world both at home and abroad. From accompanying the queen on royal tours to the Baltic States and the United States, to filming an audience with her Prime-Minister, Tony Blair, the author seeks to answer the monumental question: "What does the monarchy do?"
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access, and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil, exposing the infighting, family deterioration,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a kingdom gripped by turmoil, privileged seventeen-year-old Iseul defies danger to rescue her sister Suyeon from the absolute power of tyrannical King Yeonsan, while Prince Daehyun, desperate to overthrow his despotic half-brother, forms an uneasy alliance with Iseul, leading them to join forces in a perilous gamble against the oppressive regime.
1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop...
Author
Series
England's medieval queens volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"There seems an unquenchable fascination with the British royal family on both sides of the Atlantic, borne out by the popularity of The Crown on Netflix, the spotlight on the Sussexes and Cambridges, and the media attention on the death of Prince Philip. These detailed interviews and insightful accounts range from the very early years of her reign to Prince Phillip's death in 2021. Covering the shocking death of her father and the adjustment required...
Author
Series
England's medieval queens volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxi, 533 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxx, 699 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne in 1936, his shy, uncertain, unprepared younger brother became King. Sally Bedell Smith was granted by Queen Elizabeth II special access to the letters and diaries of George VI and Elizabeth, to tell the story of how their love, devotion, and strong marriage led George VI to overcome insecurities and difficulty speaking and to become an exceptional leader. His wife Elizabeth, a pretty, confident, and...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Worsley brings to life key events in European royal history, covering: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and England's parting of ways with Catholic Europe; the Regency, and the reasons that George III reliquished power; the Russian Revolution, revealing that the Czar had actually been deposed by an uprising that had preceded the October Revolution of 1917.
Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother's Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they're not heroes of the people, as they've always claimed to be, but murderers. Herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xvi, 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years' War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Union with Ireland in 1801. Despite the pathos of the last years of the mad, blind, and neglected monarch, it is a life full of...
Author
Series
Crown of coral and pearl volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Nor was forced to go to a nearby kingdom in her sister's place, she's wanted nothing more than to return to the place and people she loves. But when her wish comes true, she soon finds herself cast out from both worlds, with a war on the horizon. As an old enemy resurfaces more powerful than ever, Nor will have to keep the kingdom from falling apart with the help of Prince Talin and Nor's twin sister, Zadie. There are forces within the...
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