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Kings & Queens

One of the last volumes in the Penguin Monarchs series.

Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs)

Sean Cunningham

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A convincing psychological portrait that exposes the role of myth, rumour and 'fake news' in the dynastic collapse.

Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs

Antony Beevor

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The excellent biographer of Chanel and Dior looks at how sartorial matters were used to project and protect the House of Windsor. Her cast includes Hardy Amies, Cecil Beaton, Norman Hartnell... read more

Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture ...

Justine Picardie

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A good-looking volume from the Royal Collection on the late Queen's renowned wardrobe.

Queen Elizabeth II: Fashion & Style

Caroline de Guitaut

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Mother (at 13) of Henry VII, and the Tudor dynasty, MofB is one of those extraordinary medieval women who wielded immense - even overt - political influence. This is a fine telling of her li... read more

Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker

Lauren Johnson

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A short, admiring new assessment by the distinguished historian.

Queen Elizabeth II: A Concise Biography of an Exceptional Sovereign ...

David Cannadine

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Silks, jewels, fans, toile de Jouy, her private apartments and the Petit Trianon; also what came later - the myth, the cult, fashion and feminism. To accompany this autumn's blazing show at ... read more

Marie Antoinette Style

Sarah Grant

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After Guy Burgess, the Mountbattens and the Duke of Windsor, the Yorks must be trembling.

Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York

Andrew Lownie

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Shines a light on Maria of Modena and the circle of remarkable women she gathered around her (including Sarah Churchill, Queen Anne's 'favourite'). Educated and dynamic, they contrast sharpl... read more

The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration ...

Breeze Barrington

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The pre-eminent biographer of the late Queen has had plenty of time to prepare - and update - this.

Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story

Robert Hardman

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RB is the ne plus ultra of Habsburg chroniclers. Readers will recall his bestselling memoir Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89. Here is a biography of exemplary ele... read more

Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment ...

Richard Bassett

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The Hohenzollerns' distaste for the Weimar Republic (which ousted them) led to close personal alliances with the Nazis, which in turn encouraged many of their supporters to do likewise.

The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: A History of Collaboration ...

Stephan Malinowski

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A rich, humorous and imaginative portrait of the late Queen and her influence; from the author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret.

A Voyage Around the Queen

Craig Brown

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One married the Tsar, another wed Kaiser Wilhelm's brother, another a Russian Grand Duke, the fourth a Battenberg. Their lives were overshadowed (and some cut short) by the Russian Revolutio... read more

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies ...

Frances Welch

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The February 1917 Revolution and Tsar Nicholas's doomed failure to reform: a close and riveting account.

The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Roman ...

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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Despite having birthright, Richard was deluded, bitter, and inspired fear. His cousin Henry - born just three months apart - was regarded as a chivalric hero and inspired loyalty. A triumph ... read more

The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV ...

Helen Castor

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One of many events to celebrate Queen Vic's Diamond Jubilee, the Duchess of Devonshire's was perhaps the most glamorous. 700 guests in C18th costume assembled in a specially commissioned ten... read more

Power & Pleasure: The Devonshire House Jubilee Ball 1897 ...

Elisabeth Kehoe

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Follows the author's The Plantaganets and The Hollow Crown. HV's reign encompassed more than just victory at Agincourt - the consolidation of a national psyche (with some help from Shakespea... read more

Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England’s Greatest Warrior King ...

Dan Jones

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The story of one of the most tumultuous moments in British history, which analyses how James I's rule was haunted by Elizabethan political norms and values.

From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I ...

Susan Doran

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He ruled an area of the Indian subcontinent greater than anyone until the British 2000 years later; famously he renounced war for Buddhism and promoted religious toleration throughout his mu... read more

Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King

Patrick Olivelle

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By looking at the relationships Queen Victoria had with her ten Prime Ministers, AS shows us her changing - and often surprising - involvement in affairs of state.

Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History ...

Anne Somerset

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A scholarly but lively history of the rambunctious house of Capet.

House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France ...

Justine Firnhaber-Baker

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An account of Edward VIII that looks at early drafts of the abdicated King's own writings, and counterbalances the recent tabloid view of him as a traitor.

Once a King

Jane Marguerite Tippett

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From the exhibition at the V&A; CB was court photographer to the Royal Family for three decades.

Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits

Claudia Acott Williams

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Borman's careful research shows that Anne's tragedy, intellect and family had a profound influence on Elizabeth throughout her life. A dazzling turn of the Tudor prism.

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed Hi ...

Tracy Borman

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The veteran royal biographer was granted special access by the late Queen to private papers.

George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Shaped the Monarchy ...

Sally Bedell-Smith

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Covers the Qing dynasty to its fall: by the curators of the British Museum exhibition.

Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic 1796-1912 ...

Jessica Harrison-Hall

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Louis XV: Passions d’un Roi

Yves Carlier

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Nubia and Egypt, the empires of the Sudan, the kingdoms of Ethiopia and Benin and those of the Asante, Yoruba, Hausa and Zulus... Nine scholars on African kingship; some illustrations.

Great Kingdoms of Africa

John Parker

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Barbara Cartland's daughter, Princess Diana's stepmother, who is said to left the Althorp estate with just a few bin bags of clothes. She was irrepressible, controversial - and perfectly man... read more

Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spen ...

Tina Gaudoin

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A substantial book, reaching from Henry Tudor's arrival at Milford Haven in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth 1 in 1603.

Tudor England: A History

Lucy Wooding

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This superb survey from Aarhus University Press gives an unprecedented glimpse into the history of sumptuous male clothes.

Ten Kings’ Clothes: Royal Danish Dress, 1596-1863 ...

Katia Johansen

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Cecil Beaton, Patrick Lichfield, Lord Snowdon, David Bailey et alia.

The Crown in Vogue

Robin Muir

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Showcases the remarkable work of a local photographer on the late Queen's appearances in the castle and around Windsor.

The Queen and Windsor

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Based on conversations with HV (who knows what questions to ask) and HRH.

A Royal Life

HRH The Duke of Kent

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Picks up where The Diana Chronicles left off: the deaths of Princess Margaret and Prince Philip; Camilla, Will & Kate, Harry & Meghan...

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turm ...

Tina Brown

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