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  • Queen Victoria
    Lytton Strachey
    'This enchanting volume is not a history of the Victorian age but the portraiture of a woman... Strachey’s work is pure art...a narrative as fresh and distinctive as some delicious perfume.' -David Muzzey, Political Science Quarterly, (1922) Queen Victoria (1921) is the classic biography of Britain’s greatest monarch by Lytton Strachey. Victoria (1819-1901) was Queen of the U...
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    12,67 €

  • Margaret Beaufort of Bourne, Collyweston, Maxey and Deeping
    Margaret Wainwright
    An amazing woman from Bourne, Collyweston and Maxey who had a profound impact on history but has been virtually forgotten in our Lincolnshire locality.Read tales of her survival from the traumatic birth of her son (Henry VII) when aged only thirteen, her ever-changing fortunes in the Wars of the Roses, being condemned as a traitor by Richard III and her eventual triumph, which ...
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    28,72 €

  • Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days
    Will Bashor
    Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days recreates in compelling detail the short but intensely agonizing period of the ex-queen’s incarceration in the Conciergerie, Her seventy-six days in this terrifying prison can only be described as the darkest and most horrific of the fallen queen’s life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history. ...
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    16,59 €

  • Catherine the Great
    Alexander Kamenskii
    This reference guide covers all aspects of the life and works of Catherine the Great. The extensive A to Z section includes several hundred entries. The bibliography provides a comprehensive list of publications concerning her life and work. ...
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    69,80 €

  • Banished potentates
    Robert Aldrich
    An examination of British and French deposition and exile of indigenous monarchs in Asia and Africa from 1815 until the 1950s. ...
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    46,40 €

  • Cleopatra
    Emil Ludwig / Bernard Miall
    Emil Ludwig’s account of Cleopatra’s life is a brilliant psychological study of the Queen and those two men with whom her name remains forever: Caesar and Antonius. Instead of the eccentric amorous, the idiosyncratic author shows us a real and deep lover, a mother, and a fighter. ...
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    28,34 €

  • Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman
    Silvia Z. Mitchell / Silvia ZMitchell
    A reassessment of the regency of Queen Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) during the minority of her son, King Carlos II of Spain, offering a new perspective on the Spanish monarchy in the later seventeenth century. ...
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    49,81 €

  • Monarch Prophecies
    Secret Society of Jacobites
    Consider this Roman Catholic prophecy about Charlemagne from the Capuchin friar (18th century).'A scion of the Carolingian race, by all considered extinct, will come to Rome and see and admire the piety and clemency of this Pontiff, who will crown him and declare him legitimate Emperor of the Romans. He will destroy the Ottoman Empire and all heresies .With the help of God and ...
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    22,94 €

  • Anna of Denmark
    Jemma Field
    This book examines Anna of Denmark’s engagement with visual and material goods, including architecture, garden design, painting and jewellery. It contextualises the consort’s place within the wider socio-political environment of the Stuart courts and provides a comprehensive understanding of her personal iconography, aims, interests and alliances. ...
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    132,40 €

  • Blessed Karl of Austria
    Zita Steele
    This book expresses support for the Catholic sainthood of Blessed Karl, Austria’s last emperor, while presenting a firm stance against monarchy and Christian fundamentalism.Contrary to some advocates for Karl’s cause, the author is a believer in democracy and a critic of the House of Habsburg. She promotes Karl’s sainthood due to her strong convictions about Karl’s heroism as a...
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    18,95 €

  • The Tale of the Moon
    Leo Javier Dulay
    Hi everyone! My name is Leo Javier Dulay and I’m currently living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I am from the Philippines and came to Canada when I was 18. All my family is here in Canada, too. This book is the true story of my life, and my dream is to show it all over the world. This is The Tale of the Moon & Heaven. I hope you like my story, and I thank you very much. I’m look...
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    20,08 €

  • Female Force
    Darren G. Davis / Darren GDavis
    This comic series has been featured on CNN, Fox News, and OK! Magazine. Princess. Public Figure. Philanthropist. Parent. Diana, Princess of Wales emerged in the early 1980s as a fresh face to the stoic British monarchy with a storybook wedding, which was unfortunately later a tabloid breakup. She emerged as a modern British woman and admirable icon to not only England but the w...
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    8,57 €

  • An English Queen and Stalingrad
    Natalia Kulishenko / Christopher Culver
    The author traces the Queen Mother’s formative years, her family life in the palace environment, her growing adoration and ascension to the British throne, how she arranged aid to Stalingrad and was ultimately named an honorary citizen of that city, and other little-known details from the life of the Queen and her circle. With a foreword by Yuri Fokin, Russia’s ambassador to th...
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    21,86 €

  • An English Queen and Stalingrad
    Natalia Kulishenko / Christopher Culver
    The author traces the Queen Mother’s formative years, her family life in the palace environment, her growing adoration and ascension to the British throne, how she arranged aid to Stalingrad and was ultimately named an honorary citizen of that city, and other little-known details from the life of the Queen and her circle.With a foreword by Yuri Fokin, Russia’s ambassador to the...
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    28,81 €

  • Mistress of the Elgin Marbles
    Susan Nagel
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    14,34 €

  • A History of Jordan
    Philip Robins
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    107,73 €

  • Women of Means
    Marlene Wagman-Geller
    People are riveted by royals, captivated by celebrities, mesmerized by the monied and enthralled by eccentric characters. Belvoed biographer Marlene Wagman Geller gathers them all in this enchanting look at the lives and the gilded lives of wealthy women. ...
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    23,11 €

  • Caligula
    Stephen Dando-Collins
    Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula. In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins’ chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the ha...
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    18,22 €

  • Caligula
    Stephen Dando-Collins
    Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula. In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins’ chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the ha...
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    25,17 €

  • Tutankhamen - Amenism, Atenism and Egyptian Monotheism
    Wallis E. A. Budge / Wallis EABudge
    In in 1922, Howard Carter famously discovered Tutankhamun’s almost completely intact tomb during an excavation funded by Lord Carnarvon. The discovered garnered worldwide press coverage and ignited a renewal in public interest in the subject of Ancient Egypt. This volume looks at the life and reign of Tutankhamun (1341 - 1323 BC), focusing on Atenism and Egyptian religion-part...
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    22,29 €

  • Bacon - A Biography of Sir Francis Bacon
    Charles Williams
    Williams’ biographical account of the life of Sir Francis Bacon was first published in 1933. He identified five major modes of thought that he believed permeated Bacon’s actions. William’s biography also includes self-reflective elements of theological discussion, which was typical of his writing style. Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a British theologian, playwright, novelist...
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    32,14 €

  • James I.
    Charles Williams
    Published in 1934, Williams’ biographical novel chronicles the life of James Stuart (James I) and the span of his reign in Scotland and England. True to form, Williams’ writing focuses on the life and personality of the enigmatic monarch. Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet. As a member of the ’Inklings’ literary group at Oxford,...
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    28,70 €

  • Henry VII
    Charles Williams
    ’Henry VII’ is a biographical novel by Charles Williams depicting the life of the British monarch. For him, this was an attempt to shed light on a less-explored historical figure. Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet. As a member of the ’Inklings’ literary group at Oxford, his work supported a strong sense of narrative. He acknowl...
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    27,71 €

  • Russia Under Three Tsars
    Michael N. Kalantar
    REDISCOVERED: EYEWITNESS HISTORY Opening with an intimate, dramatic account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, this long-lost history describes the personalities and actions of the last tsars during the years leading up to the Russian Revolution. Glittering royals, politicians, military officers, scoundrels, and anarchists all walk across these pages as they did...
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    12,50 €

  • Royal Marriages
    Susanna de Vries
    Those who enjoyed the TV series The Crown will enjoy this entertaining and well-researched book which fills in the background to centuries of arranged royal marriages and the arcane rules that governed them. For centuries marriages of princes could only take place to virginal Protestant princesses. Most were unhappy, royal wives were seen as baby factories (as Princess Diana ob...
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    24,77 €

  • Richard Branson
    JR MacGregor
    This book reveals who the real Sir Richard Branson is. We will show you that he is not the playboy one might think he is and he is actually not as rich as people think he is – he is richer. There are a lot of errors out there in the public domain about Richard and we will bring those errors to a close in this book. When you think of Richard Branson, most would most likely think...
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    11,76 €

  • Circle It, Queen Elizabeth II Facts, Word Search, Puzzle Book
    Lowry Global Media LLC / Maria Schumacher
    If you love Queen Elizabeth II, then your just found the right book!!!You already really like word searches, but most books are virtually the same with just lists of words. There must be something more, and now there is; in our books you can read interesting facts, the bold words within the text can be found in the puzzle on the opposite page. No more boring lists of words™. Th...
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    10,38 €

  • The History of England
    Jane Austen
    First published in 1791, The History of England is a refreshingly witty, classic account of England’s royal reigns from Henry IV through to Charles I. Written by Jane Austen aged 15, this is a topic she studied when she was a child.In this mischievous satire on school history books, Austen’s delightful juvinilia highlights her dry wit and advanced talent for writing. The Histor...
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    16,83 €

  • Where the White Rose Blooms
    Susan Stuart Touchstone
    BOOK ONE is a profile of Charles Edward Louis John Casmir Sylvester Maria Stuart. The fact that the Bonnie Prince was such a controversial figure of his time makes it hard to glean an accurate picture of his character and personality and to know when we have succeeded. The best we can hope for is that the better prospective offered by the intervening years may be of some help. ...
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    19,52 €

  • Where the White Rose Blooms
    Susan Stuart Touchstone
    BOOK ONE is a profile of Charles Edward Louis John Casmir Sylvester Maria Stuart. The fact that the Bonnie Prince was such a controversial figure of his time makes it hard to glean an accurate picture of his character and personality and to know when we have succeeded. The best we can hope for is that the better prospective offered by the intervening years may be of some help. ...
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    33,81 €


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