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The Romanovs 1818-1959 by John Van der Kiste
epub |eng | 2013-07-15 | Author:John Van der Kiste [Kiste, John Van der]

9 ‘Morally high and sensible’ Well aware that the least lapse in vigilance could cost him his life as it had that of his father, the Tsar found it difficult ...
( Category: Royalty March 2,2020 )
The Swan King by Christopher McIntosh
epub |eng | 2019-11-21 | Author:Christopher McIntosh [McIntosh, Christopher]

Hohenlohe was now thinking in terms of forming what he called a ‘United States of Southern Germany’. If this plan had come to fruition it is possible that France’s fears ...
( Category: Royalty February 27,2020 )
1 Kings 16 – 2 Kings 16 by Steven L. McKenzie
epub |eng | 2015-10-13 | Author:Steven L. McKenzie [Steven L. McKenzie]

( Category: Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) February 26,2020 )
Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile by Julia Fox
epub |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Julia Fox [Fox, Julia]

Indeed he would. On coming of age in January 1515, he had changed the personnel of his council and his household, and while he retained his love for his aunt ...
( Category: Europe February 24,2020 )
Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies by Hayley Nolan
epub |eng | 2019-11-30 | Author:Hayley Nolan [Nolan, Hayley]

CHAPTER 8 THEN IT ALL WENT WRONG During her first year of marriage, in which Anne threw herself head first into her humanitarianism and many issues of reform, her personal ...
( Category: Women in History February 21,2020 )
The Last of the Duchess by Caroline Blackwood
epub |eng | 2012-10-01 | Author:Caroline Blackwood

CHAPTER TEN Before returning to Paris in order to write this problematical profile of the Duchess of Windsor’s lawyer, I read her novel To Know Nothing. If Maître Blum was ...
( Category: Dancers February 20,2020 )
William and Kate by Christopher Andersen
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Andersen

Later that day, Wills admitted to Kate that he felt their ongoing charade was “ridiculous.” Within hours, they boarded a plane for yet another holiday together. This time, he promised ...
( Category: Presidents & Heads of State February 19,2020 )
Grand Old Duke of York by Winterbottom Derek
epub |eng | 2016-07-30 | Author:Winterbottom, Derek

Pitt and Dundas had hoped that the Helder campaign would result in the capture of the Batavian fleet, the encouragement of a revolt by pro-Orangist Dutch against the French and ...
( Category: Political February 18,2020 )
King of the World by Philip Mansel
epub |eng | 2019-07-10 | Author:Philip Mansel [Mansel, Philip]

18 France against Europe ‘Ultima ratio regum’, ‘The final argument of kings’, was the motto often inscribed on Louis XIV’s massive bronze cannon, below the royal crown and coat of ...
( Category: Royalty February 16,2020 )
George IV by Stella Tillyard
epub |eng | 2019-07-03 | Author:Stella Tillyard

4 Regent of Style Under the terms of the act that enabled the Regency, George III was suspended from carrying out his royal functions and the Prince of Wales, as ...
( Category: Great Britain February 14,2020 )
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
epub |eng | 2018-02-20 | Author:Hourly History [History, Hourly]

Chapter Five Continuing Conflict and Courtly Love “Before the King crossed over [the Channel] on this occasion, the nobles of Maine and Brittany had failed to obey the Queen’s orders ...
( Category: Royalty February 11,2020 )
The End of the Habsburgs by John Van der Kiste
epub |eng | 2019-02-04 | Author:John Van der Kiste [Kiste, John Van der]

7 ‘He no longer understands the times’ Between Emperor Francis Joseph and his nephew, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, since 1896 also his heir, relations were civil but never close. They became ...
( Category: Royalty February 5,2020 )
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner
epub, mobi |eng | 2019-10-16 | Author:Anne Glenconner [Glenconner, Anne]

CHAPTER ELEVEN The Caribbean Spectaculars OUR HOUSE ON Mustique, named The Great House after the original one that had been burned down, was the last house to be built by ...
( Category: Rich & Famous January 28,2020 )
The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor by Anna Pasternak
epub |eng | 2019-03-05 | Author:Anna Pasternak [Anna Pasternak]

( Category: Great Britain January 16,2020 )
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin by Jonathan Phillips
epub, azw3 |eng | 2019-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Phillips

19 Battles of Sword and Words: Arsuf and Diplomacy ‘The Muslims and Franks are done for. The land is ruined, ruined utterly at the hands of both sides’ Within days ...
( Category: Royalty January 2,2020 )

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