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Par Alison Weir. 2017
Brings to vivid life five powerful Norman queens, from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to the Empress…
Matilda, mother to King Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty. The lives of England's medieval queens were packed with tragedy, betrayal, love, warfare, adultery and mystery--but their stories are obscured by centuries of myth and prejudice against these powerful women. These Norman queens were actually more autonomous and influential than most later queens, since they actually participated in battles and led troops of their own. By joining her husband William the Conqueror in the battle to take control of England, Matilda of Flanders set a precedent for her female descendants to continue to ride onto the battlefield and maintain their own separate armies. 2017.Par William Shawcross. 2009
Drawing on her private correspondence and other unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross reveals the witty girl who…
endeared herself to soldiers convalescing at Glamis in the First World War; the assured young Duchess of York; the Queen, at last feeling able to look the East End in the face at the height of the Blitz; the Queen Mother, representing the nation at home and abroad throughout her widowhood. It is the portrait of a remarkable woman. 2009.Par Cecil Woodham Smith. 1972
Following Victoria through childhood and the blissful years of a marriage based on a deep and abiding love, this biography…
places Victoria in the historic context of the Victorian era. 1972.Par Penelope Mortimer. 1986
Elizabeth is entrenched in affection and admired for her projection of a maternal role and unfailing public amiability. Portrait begins…
with Elizabeth's Scottish debutante days when her winsome ways were "irresistible to men." Shows how this queen made her reluctant husband a credible leader. 1986.Par Anna Pasternak. 1994
The author claims to tell the true story of Princess Diana's affair with James Hewitt, staff captain in the palace…
Household Division. They met at a party in 1986, where Diana inquired if James, who ran the household stables, would help her overcome her fear of horseback riding. Supposedly the two were attracted immediately and soon developed a romantic relationship. The author has recreated their thoughts and conversations during a five-year period. Bestseller 1994. 1994.Par Charles Elliott. 1992
Elliot's account of Marie Adelaide of Savoy is interwoven with the story of life at the court of Louis XIV,…
the Sun King. Marie is only ten when she arrives at Versailles to marry the duc de Bourgogne, but her arrival brings life back into what has become a dying court. Marie is portrayed as having a keen wit and also as kind, thoughtful, intelligent, and dignified. 1992.Par Simon Sebag Montefiore. 2000
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was…
so tumultuous; they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while he was free to love his beautiful nieces, and Catherine, her favourites. But they never stopped loving each other. Their endearing and passionate relationship remains one of history's most remarkable love affairs. 2000.Par Paul James. 1992
Par John Parker. 1990
Although born into Greek and German nobility, the early life of Prince Philip was unsettled. After his marriage to the…
future Elizabeth II, he became known for his outspoken nature and progressive causes. 1990.Par Michael Palin. 1992
The second of Michael Palin's Great Twentieth Century Adventures. He and his team set out to travel from one end…
of the earth to another, following the 30 degree east line of longitude, using aircraft only as a last resort and enduring extremes of heat and cold as they crossed 17 countries on trains, trucks, ships, rafts, ski-doos, buses, barges, bicycles and balloons. 1992.Par Henry Arthur Francis Kamen. 1997
A portrait of the controversial monarch who ruled the Spanish empire through most of the sixteenth century. Traces his solitary…
childhood, his early years as a Renaissance prince, and his troubled reign as king during the Inquisition and the colonization of the New World. c1997.Par Gary Paulsen. 1997
In contemplating the facts of his life on his fifty-seventh birthday, Paulsen decides that having heart disease is no reason…
to stop having adventures. He fulfills a longtime dream to own a Harley and take to the road. He describes his reflections on his round-trip from New Mexico to Alaska. Some strong language. 1997.Par Catherine-Lune Grayson. 2010
Une voyageuse, partie à la recherche d'autre chose sans trop savoir quoi, livre le fruit de ses déambulations : des…
images rapportées d'ailleurs, des impressions, des rêveries et des désillusions en vrac. Des histoires aussi. Tchad, Burundi, Somalie, Kenya, Yémen se remet-on jamais de n'être rien d'autre que soi? Quelques descriptions de violence. 2010.Par David Elliot Cohen. 1999
Travelogue of a forty-year-old suburbanite who sold his house and possessions, closed his thriving business, and set out in 1996…
with his wife, three children, and a baby sitter on a thirteen-month, sixteen-country trip. This is a compilation of the lengthy descriptive e-mails he sent to friends while on the road. c1999.Par Simon Dring. 1995
Over thirty years after his first trip, the author retraces his route to India - through Europe, the Middle East…
and Asia - documenting the changes and meeting a new generation of nineties' travellers. What are they looking for? Do they like it? Is it the same thing that the travellers of the sixties were in search of? Do freedom and friendship, curiosity and an overwhelming desire to survive, learn and grow still fire the imagination and challenge us to seek new horizons? 1995.Par Eric Newby. 1984
The author and his wife set out from Tuscany to investigate the Mediterranean as it was and as it is…
now. They travel via tough Naples with its Camorra murders and eight-horse hearses to Venice, Yugoslavia and a dull bus tour of Albania. He climbs Mount Olympus in a cloud, takes a Turkish bath in Istanbul and is fined for climbing the Great Pyramid. Includes strong language. 1984.Par Dervla Murphy. 1976
Returning to India in an attempt to improve her feelings about the country, the author arrived with her small daughter,…
in the tiny province of Coorg. Here they settled down happily to learn something about its customs, ceremonies and attitudes. 1976.Par Chris Duff. 1999
Kayaker Chris Duff, on his slow boat around Ireland, spends equal time on land and sea. He brings us an…
old-fashioned travelogue of excitement on the waves, unhurried explorations of monasteries and ruins, and conversations in pubs. 1999.Par Jean Béliveau, Géraldine Woessner. 2013
Après la faillite de son entreprise d'enseignes lumineuses, Jean Béliveau est parti sur un coup de têtele jour de ses…
quarante-cinq ans, le 18 août 2000, de Montréal. Il est rentré chez lui le 16 octobre 2011 après avoir parcouru 75 543 km à travers 64 pays. Il a réussi sans préparation à effectuer la plus longue marche ininterrompue autour du monde et celle-ci a été reconnue par l'Unesco dans le cadre de la décennie internationale dédiée à la paix pour les enfants. Durant ces onze années, le marcheur porte turban et grande barbe au Soudan, mange des insectes en Afrique, du chien en Corée et du serpent en Chine. Il dort sous les ponts, dans des foyers pour sans-abri, voire dans des prisons, mais la plupart du temps chez des gens séduits par son aventure. 2013.Par Michel Wartelle. 1990
L'affaire Louis XVII, un des plus grands mystères de l'histoire de France après celui du Masque de fer. Cette énigme…
qui fascine les historiens depuis près de deux cents ans, éclairée sous un jour nouveau, pourrait bien trouver ici une solution intéressante et inédite. 1990.