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To the Scaffold
One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, …
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
Awaiting her execution, Marie Antoinette writes the story of her life from her prison cell, in a diary that describes her privileged childhood as an Austrian archduchess, years as …
The Favored Queen
Born into an ambitious noble family, young Jane Seymour is sent to Court as a Maid of Honour to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's aging queen. She is devoted to her mistress and …
Brief Lives of the English Monarchs
Sharp and enjoyable new portraits of the English kings and queens.
Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina
Tsarina Alexandra-hauntingly beautiful, melancholy, obsessed with the occult-was blamed by her contemporaries for the downfall of the Romanovs. But her true nature has eluded …
Josephine: A Life of the Empress
In 1804, when Josephine Bonaparte knelt before her husband, Napoleon, to receive the imperial diadem, few in the vast crowd of onlookers were aware of the dark secrets hidden …
Jurnalul secret al Mariei Antoaneta
Despre Maria Antoaneta s-a spus ca iubea luxul ?i placerile frivole mai presus de orice.Sa ne imaginam însa ca în noaptea dinaintea execu?iei sale, regina lasa în celula de la …
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a powerful new novel about Catherine Parr, The Last Wife of Henry VIII. The least …
Royal Panoply
With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson focuses on each monarch's entire life - from the puny, socially awkward …
The Tsarina's Daughter
It is 1989 and Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in the rural West. But she is not who she claims to be--the widow of a Russian immigrant of modest means. In actuality …
Her Little Majesty
An insightful and fascinating portrait of Queen Victoria, from her childhood through her adult life, detailing her personal life and relationships with friends, family, and the …