Catálogo de libros: Biografía: realeza

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  • Empress Eugenie
    Joanne Watson
    This is the story of the glamorous French Empress who escaped from a vengeful mob in 1870 and spent the next fifty years in exile in England. With a broad brush approach to the political events it shows her life and times from a different angle, exploring subjects often relegated to mere footnotes. Aided by the increased digitalisation of sources which produced many new and int...
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    20,83 €

  • Queen Kaʻahumanu of Hawaii
    Thomas W Goodhue / Thomas W. Goodhue
    King Kamehameha the Great had 30 wives. Ka’ahumanu (c.1768-1832) was his favorite. Descended from Oceanian voyagers, she grew up in a society completely isolated from the rest of the world, her life enmeshed in dynastic wars and constrained by an elaborate system of taboos. In 1778, she was shocked by the arrival of alien ships, followed by an influx of foreigners. In their ...
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    57,44 €

  • From Cottage to Palace
    Margaret Bramford
    In honor and celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (70 years on the throne!), escape to a bygone era with this cheeky and endearing royal memoir. Florence Bramford (circled) was a Ladies’ Maid to the Ladies in Waiting of two Queen Elizabeths from 1939 to 1974. Think real-life The Queen (Netflix), Downton Abbey, or Upstairs Downstairs ... inside the British Royal Family fr...
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    19,68 €

  • From Cottage to Palace
    Margaret Bramford
    In honor and celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (70 years on the throne!), escape to a bygone era with this cheeky and endearing royal memoir. Florence Bramford (circled) was a Ladies’ Maid to the Ladies in Waiting of two Queen Elizabeths from 1939 to 1974. Think real-life The Queen (Netflix), Downton Abbey, or Upstairs Downstairs ... inside the British Royal Family fr...
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    10,93 €

  • Queen Alexandra
    Frances Dimond
    By kind permission of Her Majesty The Queen, this book has been based on extensive research over many years in the Royal Archives and elsewhere. The author was the first official Curator of the Royal Photograph Collection.Queen Alexandra was a private person who destroyed or left instructions to destroy, much of her archive, but nevertheless enough remains in the form of origin...
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    33,27 €

  • The Duchess of Windsor
    Diana Mitford
    An intimate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Diana Mitford (Lady Mosley) was a frequent guest at their parties in Paris or at the ’Moulin’ in the village of Orsay just outside Paris, where they were neighbours. Written in her distinctive aristocratic style - archly intelligent, amused and perceptive - Diana Mitford paints an unforgettably life-like portrait of her friend tha...
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    17,72 €

  • The Countess of Albany
    Vernon Lee
    The Countess of Albany (1886) is a biography by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Countess of Albany is a biography of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, whose unhappy marriage to Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, often obscured her reputation as an inde...
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    14,81 €

  • The Bagrationi Dynasty
    Joseph Bichikashvili
    The Bagrationi Dynasty - The Royal House of Georgia and Lesser Houses of Nobility has been approached in a unique way: while revealing the ancient history of the Dynasty, clearly tracing the development of the Nation of Georgia, which shaped Georgia, he also unfolds the present life of the Royal House of Georgia and its representatives. In addition, a comprehensive and full com...
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    109,26 €

  • Imperial Lives and Letters of the Eleventh Century
    Karl F. Morrison / Karl FMorrison / Theodor E. Mommsen / Theodor EMommsen
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    22,95 €

  • Imperial Lives and Letters of the Eleventh Century
    Karl F. Morrison / Karl FMorrison / Theodor E. Mommsen / Theodor EMommsen
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    40,05 €

  • The Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain Colouring Book
    Joseph Stephen
    From William the Conqueror and the Normans, through Henry VIII and the Tudors, and all the way up to Elizabeth II and the house of Windsor, this beautifully illustrated book covers all of the kings and queens to have reigned England and Great Britain.With detailed histories of each monarch alongside a full-page image of that king or queen, you’ll be learning while you are enjoy...
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    9,12 €

  • Raised to Rule
    Martha K Hoffman
    The children of Philip III of Spain (1578--1621) and Margarita de Austria (1584--1611) inherited great potential power: the abilities to declare war or make peace, to advocate religious doctrine, and to exert lasting influence over art, culture, and taste. The leadership provided by this generation raises the question of how royal families learned the roles they played in court...
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    44,62 €

  • Queen Victoria
    Lytton Strachey
    Known for its advances in literature, industrialization, politics, and science, the Victorian era was a prominent time in British history. However, author Lytton Strachey remembers Queen Victoria as a person instead of just focusing on her accomplishments. First starting with a brief history of her predecessors and origins, Victoria was crowned just as she came of age. Having o...
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    16,39 €

  • Diana
    Stewart Pearce
    Diana The Voice of Change throws a new light on the most famous woman of her time. Discover the truth about Diana s extraordinary life principles. Learn what created her love and the secret keys that focused her destiny. You can use these same keys to focus your own destiny, to help you find the voice of change that resonates with your whole being, and assists you to live your ...
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    17,21 €

  • The Countess of Albany
    Vernon Lee
    The Countess of Albany (1886) is a biography by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Countess of Albany is a biography of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, whose unhappy marriage to Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, often obscured her reputation as an inde...
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    7,57 €

  • Darkwater
    W. E. B. Du Bois / WEBDu Bois
    Initially published in 1920, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a combination of essays that tackle the power dynamics of gender, race and religion. It’s a searing portrait of America influenced by Du Bois’ own personal experiences. Du Bois delivers a contemporary examination of African American life during the first half of the twentieth century. He addresses issues of ...
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    15,65 €

  • Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen
    Liliuokalani / Lili’uokalani
    Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen (1898) is an autobiography by Lili’uokalani. Published in 1898, the book was written in the aftermath of Lili’uokalani’s attempt to appeal on behalf of her people to President Grover Cleveland, a personal friend. Although it inspired Cleveland to demand her reinstatement, the United States Congress published the Morgan Report in 1894, which deni...
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    17,83 €

  • Royal Discord
    Veronica Baker-Smith
    The family of George II has been ill-served by history and by most historians. He was a German, the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great Britain, but by the end of his long reign the House of Hanover was firmly established as the British ruling family, while the dangerous and more legitimate claims of the Stuarts had finally been laid to rest. It has been sai...
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    16,30 €

  • Awful End of Prince William the Silent, The
    Lisa Jardine
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    11,32 €

  • Queen, The
    Robert Lacey
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    13,96 €

  • Darkwater
    W E B Du Bois / W. E. B. Du Bois
    Initially published in 1920, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a combination of essays that tackle the power dynamics of gender, race and religion. It’s a searing portrait of America influenced by Du Bois’ own personal experiences. Du Bois delivers a contemporary examination of African American life during the first half of the twentieth century. He addresses issues of ...
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    8,43 €

  • Barbarossa
    Franz Kühn
    Barbarossa, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserv...
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    10,62 €

  • Kate
    Claudia Joseph
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    16,45 €

  • Flames of Rebellion (The Knights of England Series, Book 6)
    Mary Ellen Johnson
    Civil War Once Again Threatens England in the Medieval Historical, THE FLAMES OF REBELLION, by Mary Ellen Johnson1397 to 1403. England, Tintagel, London, Shrewsbury, Conway Castle, Tower of London, Cumbria, Westminster Abbey, Wales and ScotlandIn the fourteenth century’s waning days, the tyrannical Richard II is knocked from his throne, and Henry IV is crowned, despite a shaky ...
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    19,49 €

  • Autobiography of Queen Ratnaprava Devi
    Ratnaprava Devi / Julie Mishra / Tapan Kumar Panda
    This book is the autobiography of Queen Ratnaprava Devi of Dhenkanal, India. Book contains her seventy years of sweet and bitter memories in Dhenkanal. Book was published originally in Odia in 1997. ...
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    20,19 €

  • Kaiulani Of Hawaii
    Peter W Noonan
    In the nineteenth century Hawaii achieved a widely-recognized status as an independent state but it was unable to retain its independence. The loss of Hawaii’s independence followed changes in US foreign policy, and a local coup d’état that was supported by the US Navy and Marines, which set Hawaii on a course towards inclusion in a new American Pacific Empire. But the last Cro...
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    29,97 €

  • Kaiulani of Hawaii
    Peter W Noonan
    In the nineteenth century Hawaii achieved a widely recognized status as an independent state but it was unable to retain its independence. The loss of Hawaii’s independence followed changes in US foreign policy, and a local coup d’état that was supported by the US Navy and Marines, which set Hawaii on a course towards inclusion in a new American Pacific Empire. But the last Cro...
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    20,95 €

  • Eleanor, the Firebrand Queen
    Helen Rayson-Hill
    Eleanor of Aquitaine is intelligent and beautiful, her immense wealth desired by kings. Her father’s dying wish places the young heiress under the guardianship of King Louis VI of France, who marries her to his monkish son. The pious French Court considers her education and intellect shameful. She is accused of emulating men, regarded as her betters. It is emphasised she is the...
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    26,60 €

  • Queen Victoria
    Lytton Strachey
    Known for its advances in literature, industrialization, politics, and science, the Victorian era was a prominent time in British history. However, author Lytton Strachey remembers Queen Victoria as a person instead of just focusing on her accomplishments. First starting with a brief history of her predecessors and origins, Victoria was crowned just as she came of age. Having o...
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    9,18 €

  • Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen
    Liliuokalani / Lili’uokalani
    Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a moving personal portrait of a girl who grew up to become Hawaii’s first and only queen, a beloved monarch who fought for the rights of her people.Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is an autobiography by Queen Lili‘uokalani. Published in 1898, the book was written in the aftermath of Lili‘uokalani’s attempt to appeal on behalf of her people t...
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    10,44 €