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In this ground-breaking audiobook, Ian Mortimer portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did. At the centre of the narrative is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agincourt: a slaughter ground intended not to advance England’s interests directly but to demonstrate God’s approval of Henry’s royal authority on both sides of the Channel. 

An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Mercian heartland of the west midlands from 757 to 796. But while Alfred the Great and his dynasty are seen as agents of a new beginning that...

The fascinating story of Prince William's American ancestors, and how this often–rebellious lineage will help shape the future King of Great Britain. In this fresh and perspective–shifting narrative, American Crown is an absorbing blend of American history and royal biography that brings to...

Faisons tomber le masque de la jolie princesse et rencontrons la vraie femme que fut Élisabeth de Wittelsbach. Mariée adolescente, arrachée à l'enfance, elle a été privée de toutes ses libertés par la cour d'Autriche, la plus réactionnaire de son époque, qui l'a cantonnée à la maternité et la beauté. Élisabeth était une femme entière, une intellectuelle, une poétesse éprise d'absolu. La frustration et de nombreux deuils l'ont projetée dans une dépression profonde. Son destin fut pavé de drames et de fragilité psychologique.

The remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of Kingmaker and The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own...

The first joint biography of the women who have shaped - and shaken - the modern Royal Family. Diana. Camilla. Catherine. Meghan. Outsiders by birth, insiders by marriage. Four women united by their decision to enter the most famous family in the world, and by their place in the centre of its...

Bat-Zabbai, como realmente se la conocía, no estaba dispuesta a obedecer. Se autoproclamó emperatriz y lideró sus tropas para deshacerse del yugo que oprimía a su gente, convirtiéndose en una de las figuras más fascinantes de la historia. Sus hazañas se hicieron leyenda, inspirando poemas, óperas y obras de teatro a lo largo de generaciones.

'An imaginatively compelling investigation of a remarkable Tudor life, shedding sympathetic light on a world where prophecy and divine revelation unleashed dangerous political power' Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches 'The enthralling tale of Elizabeth Barton, the most dangerous...

'The world's most successful history podcast ... Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' THE TIMES 'The history publishing phenomenon of my lifetime' NEW STATESMAN From the award-winning podcast The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling...

The official audiobook to the Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning Netflix drama, The Crown, with extensive research, additional material and beautifully reproduced photographs. 'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.' Elizabeth Mountbatten never...

Kongehuseksperten Lady Colin Campbell var i sin tid den første, der forudså, at hertugen og hertuginden af Wales ville ende med at blive skilt. Hun fulgte parret på tætteste hold gennem alle årene, og efter Dianas tragiske død har hun gravet en mængde nyt stof frem – bl.a. forbavsende afsløringer om Diana og nye teorier om hendes død. Den rigtige Diana er baseret på 35 interviews med prinsesse Diana, som Lady Colin Campbell foretog. For første gang nogensinde sætter hun også navn på sine royale kilder.

America has always been a constitutionally classless society, yet an American aristocracy emerged anyway—a private club whose members run in the same circles and observe the same unwritten rules. He identifies which families in which cities have always mattered, and how they've defined America. America's Secret Aristocracy offers an inside look at the estates, marriages, and financial empires of America's most powerful families—from the Randolphs of Virginia and the Roosevelts of New York to the Carillos and Ortegas of California.

THE MAJOR NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE QUEEN: AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 'Impeccably researched . . . Hugo Vickers offers us his piercing insights into the innermost workings of the Royal family' - DAILY MAIL 'His knowledge of royalty and aristocracy is encyclopaedic . . . and his deep...

Hoy, por primera vez, quiero contar mi historia con mi propia voz. No para justificarme, ni para buscar compasión, ni para maquillar errores. Al contrario: escribo este libro porque necesito mirar de frente todo lo que he vivido—las cumbres, pero también los valles—y compartirlo con honestidad.

Diana, la principessa del popolo, e Camilla, regina del Regno Unito. Due donne molto diverse, con un denominatore comune: il matrimonio con il principe Carlo. Un triangolo che per anni ha riempito le pagine dei giornali e i media di tutto il mondo e ha cambiato la Casa reale inglese. Una storia di tre dolori, ma anche di ingiustizie subite da due donne che la vita ha reso antagoniste ma che sono state essenzialmente vittime dello stesso sistema.

This program is read by the author and by actor Harriet Walter, known for her roles in Succession, Ted Lasso, and Killing Eve. With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself. She...

Philip Walsingham Sergeant's biography of Barbara from 1912 draws on contemporary writings to tell her story, giving a more vivid and faithful presentation of the spirit of the time. He traces her life from her early girlhood, through her time at Court, her exile, and ending with her involvement in a bigamy trial.

Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the ‘Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII's younger daughter, who spent the majority of her early years as a girl with an uncertain future. Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. 

"Ambitious... With meticulous research and in lively style, Jones presents us with the man beyond the Shakespeare character."—The New York Times “The best biography yet of England’s greatest king."—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs and Jerusalem The New York Times...

Der unerwartete Tod von Königin Elizabeth II. erschütterte die Welt. Nun hat Charles III. den Thron bestiegen, ihm zur Seite Gemahlin Camilla. Doch wer ist diese Frau, die den neuen Monarchen schon seit über 50 Jahren kennt und die so lange auf ihn wartete? Die Adelsexpertin Angela Levin pflegt ein enges Vertrauensverhältnis zu Camilla und zeigt nun den Menschen hinter dem vermeintlich blassen Image.