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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 18.00BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn. Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that her new husband was interested only in securing... more...
The Women of Windsor
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99Who are the women of Windsor? We know them as Elizabeth, the Queen; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret; Anne, the Princess Royal. Their images have been with us on film and in print for more than a century, like priceless artifacts that call to mind a grander era. Seen at a distance, they appear unknowable. But each is an individual, a... more...
Love and Louis XIV
Doubleday Canada 2010; US$ 25.00The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette , casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his life. The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia... more...
The First Elizabeth
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 19.99In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes... more...
William and Kate
Gallery Books 2010; US$ 16.00I put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang on to that love and look after it. . . . You must protect it. ?Diana, Princess of Wales The book that surprised the industry, now updated with a new chapter on the wedding and 15 wedding photographs. Theirs was destined from the start to be one of the most... more...
Born to Rule
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 20.99Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a... more...
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 20.00?[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.?? The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Prize?winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess... more...
Elizabeth the Queen
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 20.00?An excellent, all-embracing new biography.?? The New York Times From the moment of her ascension to the throne at age twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled admiration and scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world?s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews... more...
Catherine of Aragon
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 13.11A glorious account of the life of the Spanish infanta who became Queen of England and changed the course of Tudor history. more...
A Gambling Man
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010; US$ 8.99The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness of the court to failed attempts at religious tolerance. Negotiating all these, Charles II, the ?slippery sovereign,? laid odds and took chances, dissembling... more...









