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Filippo ed Elisabetta. Due vite, una coppia. Una storia d’amore che s’intreccia con la storia del Novecento e l’attualità, iniziata nell’estate del 1939 quando Elisabetta aveva tredici anni e Filippo, nato principe di Grecia e Danimarca, diciotto. Era un cadetto navale, ma anche il nipote di Lord Louis Mountbatten. Un amore celebrato nella Londra post bellica con il Royal Wedding del 1947. Un uomo che per seguire il cuore ha rinunciato a molto, dato battaglia all’establishment, cercato con tenacia un ruolo. Grazie a Filippo, la «Firm» dei Windsor si è aperta al mondo, al suo tempo.

La conosciamo tutti. Ma la conosciamo davvero? Il suo marchio è su piatti, tazze, teiere, capi dabbigliamento, macaron e perfino bottiglie di gin. I francobolli con la sua effigie sono gli unici a non aver bisogno del paese dorigine stampato sopra. Il suo stile, borsetta al gomito e completi pastello, l'ha resa un'icona globale. Ogni suo gesto, sguardo o movimento è osservato, studiato, analizzato.

Elisabetta II è, è stata, e verosimilmente resterà, la regina dei record. È il sovrano che ha viaggiato più di tutti coloro che, prima di lei, hanno indossato una corona. È stata la prima regina a comparire in televisione e anche la prima a dover affrontare una serie di scandali che hanno messo a dura prova la sua pazienza e la sopravvivenza stessa della monarchia. E il 6 febbraio ne ha raggiunto un altro: il Giubileo di Platino, 70 anni seduta sul trono inglese come mai nessuno nella Storia.

The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, uniquely queen of France and queen of England, and her second husband Henry II. Although academically labeled "medieval," their era was the violent transition from the Dark Ages, when countries' borders were defined with fire and sword. If princes fought for their succession to crowns, the princesses were traded—usually by their mothers—to strangers for political power without the bloodshed.

Born on Christmas Day, 1936, Princess Alexandra's birth was almost overshadowed by the abdication of her uncle, King Edward VIII. Yet public affection for this new addition to the Royal Family has only grown during a lifetime of dedicated royal service. In this biography, Helen Cathcart chronicles the first thirty years of Princess Alexandra's life, from the tragic death of her father when she was just five years old to her wartime childhood at Badminton living with her grandmother Queen Mary.

Using never before seen sources, Once a King is a fresh, revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson. Considering Edward VIII's travels and interests as Prince of Wales as well as his relationship with Wallis Simpson and the course of events leading up to his abdication and subsequent exile, Once a King offers a previously unexplored lens through which we encounter two of the twentieth century's most iconic Royal figures: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Power and gender theories are applied to the life of Queen Elizabeth I to examine her tactics to maintain internal security within the borders of England and Ireland in the shadow of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who had succumbed to the actions of misogynistic men.

Prince Harry: A Chronicled Tour is a brief and genuine dedication to the Duke’s life, right from his family heritage to his current family life. This book not only gives you important information about his life but also discusses the different ways you could benefit from Harry’s life lessons.

In 1346, at the age of sixteen, he won his spurs at Crécy; nine years later he conducted a brutal raid across Languedoc; in 1356 he captured the king of France at Poitiers; as lord of Aquitaine he ruled a vast swathe of southwestern France. He was Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, but better known to posterity as 'the Black Prince'. Michael Jones tells the remarkable story of a great warrior-prince – and paints an unforgettable portrait of warfare and chivalry in the late Middle Ages.

A charismatic leader, a warrior whose prowess in battle earned him the epithet Whiteblade, an exiled prince who returned to claim his birthright, the inspiration for Tolkein's Aragorn: Oswald of Northumbria was the first great English monarch, yet today this legendary figure is all but forgotten. In this panoramic portrait of Dark Age Britain, archaeologist and biographer Max Adams returns the king in the North to his rightful place in history.

70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen. From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her...

In this detailed biographical study of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story of a Yorkshire soldier squire's daughter who grew up to become an admired and popular member of the Royal Family. In this intimate and illuminating account, Cathcart charts the first forty years of the Duchess's life, from her birth during a snowstorm at the family home, Hovingham Hall, and wartime childhood through to schooldays at Castle Howard and early career working in a children's home.

In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses listeners in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans.

Charles syntyi kruununprinssiksi, mutta tuo rooli ei aina ollut hänelle helppo tai luonteva. Lapsena hän oli herkkä ja ujo, ja monimutkainen suhde ankaraan ja poissaolevaan isään, prinssi Philipiin, varjosti lapsuutta. Myöhemmin Charlesista kasvoi tavoiteltu poikamies, mutta kuningattareksi kelpaavaa vaimoa oli hankala löytää. Nuori Diana Spencer tuntui sopivan muottiin, mutta avioliitosta muodostui onneton. Asiaa ei auttanut se, että Charles haikaili edelleen nuoruudenrakkautensa, Camilla Parker Bowlesin, perään...

19-vuotiaan Diana Spencerin elämä on kuin satua: hän on kihloissa kruununprinssi Charlesin kanssa ja tulevaisuus näyttää loistavalta. Pilvilinnat romahtavat kuitenkin ylellisten häiden jälkeen, ja Diana huomaa pian, että satu on muuttumassa painajaiseksi, jolle ei näy loppua. Charles ei pysty luopumaan elämänsä rakkaudesta Camilla Parker Bowlesista, ja nuori Diana tuntee jäävänsä aivan yksin jäykän monarkian armoille.

Kun prinssi ja näyttelijätär tapaavat sokkotreffeillä, on ilmassa kipinöitä. Harry ja Meghan aloittavat suhteensa salassa, mutta uutiset leviävät pian ja pariskunta joutuu lehdistön suurennuslasin alle. Avioliiton solmiminen ja hulppea hääseremoniakaan eivät rauhoita tilannetta toivotulla tavalla. Meghan ei tunnu sopeutuvan kuninkaallisen perheen jäseneksi, ja äitinsä kohtaloa sureva Harry pelkää historian toistavan itseään...

Toinen Diana Spenceriä käsittelevä jakso pureutuu Dianan elämän myöhempiin vaiheisiin. Mitä tapahtuu, kun Diana vihdoin kieltäytyy hänelle valitusta roolista ja alkaa seistä omilla jaloillaan? Voisiko hän olla jotain muutakin kuin prinsessa ja Britannian tuleva kuningatar?

Vuoden 2020 alussa prinssi Harry ja herttuattaren arvonimen saanut Meghan päättävät erkaantua Britannian kuningashuoneesta. He antavat Oprah Winfreylle haastattelun, joka muuttaa heidän tulevaisuutensa: Harryn ja Meghan syyttävät kuninkaallista perhettä rasismista ja syrjimisestä. Tämän jälkeen pariskunta päättää jättää Englannin lopullisesti taakseen. Uusi elämä Yhdysvalloissa odottaa, mutta millaiseksi tulevaisuus muodostuu?

Kun prinsessa Elisabet on kymmenenvuotias, hänen kohtalonsa muuttuu dramaattisesti. Elisabetin setä, kuningas Edward VIII, luopuu kruunusta viedäkseen vihille eronneen Wallis Simpsonin, ja Elisabetin isä, Yrjö IV, nousee äkkiarvaamatta kuninkaaksi. Elisabetista tulee siten Britannian imperiumin perillinen, ja isän menehdyttyä ennenaikaisesti on Elisabetin vuorostaan ryhdyttävä kuningattareksi. Vasta 25-vuotias Elisabet saa kantaakseen raskaan velvollisuuksien taakan: hänen on asetettava kruunun ja valtakunnan hyvinvointi kaiken muun edelle.

Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton's court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was still a teenager when she was chosen to be the bride of King George III. Shy, innocent, and sheltered, the orphaned princess and her groom carried the hopes of a nation on their shoulders. The unassuming young couple symbolized a new beginning, but soon those hopes began to sour. Charlotte and George's marriage lasted for nearly sixty years and produced more than a dozen children, but it was beset by unrest at home, war in the colonies, and the king's encroaching madness.