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Henry VIII: The Mask Of Royalty
Par Lacey Baldwin Smith. 1971
Cleopatra rules!: the amazing life of the original teen queen
Par Vicky Shecter. 2012
First dive to shark dive
Par Peter Lourie. 2011
Elizabeth R: a biography
Par Elizabeth Longford. 1983
Eight feet in the Andes
Par Dervla Murphy. 1983
The eight feet belonged to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana, their staunch and beloved mule. They set…
out to travel some 1300 miles through the Andes from Cajamarca to Cuzco. Along the way they met the descendants of the Incas, suffered hard-ships such as landslides and tormenting insects and revelled in the grandeur of their wild surroundings. 1983.Ever after: Diana and the life she led
Par Anne Edwards. 1999
Recounts the Spencer family history and examines how Diana's unhappy childhood impacted her adult life. Discusses the princess's relationships with…
her family, her discovery of Charles's infidelity - before their marriage, her position within the troubled House of Windsor, her divorce, and her life afterwards. 2000, c1999.Elizabeth and Philip: the untold story of the Queen of England and her Prince
Par Charles Higham, Roy Moseley. 1991
Set against a turbulent period in British history, marked by wars, strikes and riots, the authors provide a unique and…
surprising portrait of the Queen and the people close to her. 1991.Elizabeth and Mary: cousins, rivals, queens
Par Jane Dunn. 2003
Jane Dunn's double biography Elizabeth and Mary takes as its rich and explosive subject matter the ultimately fatal relationship between…
Queen Elizabeth I of England and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. Throughout much of the second half of the sixteenth century, these two women found themselves queens of their kingdoms and locked in a battle for possession of the British Isles, which only ended with Mary's eventual downfall and execution at Elizabeth's hands in 1586. 2003.Diana's boys: William and Harry and the mother they loved
Par Christopher P Andersen. 2001
Portraits of the princes William and Harry, with and without their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Andersen describes the boys'…
development from hellions to seemingly well-adjusted adolescents, and the roles of Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, and Camilla Parker Bowles after Diana's death. He also looks at the women in William's life. Bestseller. 2001.Duchess: the story of Wallis Warfield Windsor
Par Stephen Birmingham. 1981
Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and her people
Par Andrew Marr. 2011
With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention…
to the monarch - and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. 2011.Circling the midnight sun: culture and change in the invisible Arctic
Par James Raffan. 2014
Over the course of three years, James Raffan circumnavigated the globe at 66.5 degrees latitude: the Arctic Circle. Armed with…
passion for the north, interest in diverse cultures and an unquenchable sense of adventure, he set out to put a human face on climate change. In “Circling the Midnight Sun” he presents a warm-hearted, engaging portrait of the circumpolar world, but also a deeply affecting story of societies and landscapes in the throes of enormous change. c2014.Charles: a biography
Par Anthony Holden. 1988
Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the only surviving major monarchy in the world and to one of the greatest…
fortunes on earth, is portrayed as an isolated man in search of a purpose. He has developed an interest in architecture and public housing, but does not appear to have found satisfaction in his role as husband and father. 1998.Charles & Diana
Par Ralph G Martin. 1985
Provides a detailed account of the genealogies of the Prince and Princess of Wales, discusses the childhood and young adulthood…
of each, and tells of their romance, wedding and matrimonial life. Bestseller. 1985.Behind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I
Par Jane Resh Thomas. 1998
Discusses Elizabeth from her birth in 1533 to her death in 1603 within the social and political context of the…
time in which she ruled. The author looks at the personal aspects of the queen's life, including why she never married. For junior high readers. 1998.Australian adventure
Par Constance Helmericks. 1971
Anne: the working princess
Par Paul James. 1987
Among the cities
Par Jan Morris. 1985
During three decades of more or less constant travel Jan Morris has probably described more of the world, and especially…
the urban world, than almost any other writer. This is a retrospective selection of travel pieces, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s and including such diverse places as Berlin, Shanghai and Swaziland. 1985.Along the edge of the forest: an Iron Curtain journey
Par Anthony Bailey. 1983
An intrepid British traveler records his journey through West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Austria. Bailey begins his trip in…
the medieval city of Lubeck, driving a 1973 Saab along roadways that parallel the intra-German border of watchtowers. 1983.Aliénor d'Aquitaine ((Livre de poche ; 5731).)
Par Régine Pernoud. 1965
" La postérité n'a retenu de cette personnalité féminine hors pair que d'avoir abandonné la couronne de France pour celle…
d'Angleterre, oubliant qu'Aliénor d'Aquitaine fut deux fois reine et mère de deux rois, menaça le pape et gouverna avec maîtrise et clairvoyance. R. Pernoud a voulu, en historienne, retracer sa vie dans un style romanesque. " -- 4e de couv.