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1) The royals
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English
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A portrait of the men and women of the British royal family, drawing from documented sources and interviews with employees of the royal household, friends and relations, and members of Parliament, to discuss the private and public lives of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, the Duchess of York, and other royals.
3) King Arthur
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
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A biography of the legendary king of medieval Britain who became the central figure in a series of tales describing his own heroic deeds and those of his knights.
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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Chronicles the personal lives of the four heirs of King Henry VIII, nine-year old Prince Edward; Lady Mary, the adult daughter of Henry's first wife; Lady Elizabeth, the teenaged daughter of Anne Boleyn; and Lady Jane Grey, the English king's great-niece--all of whom eventually took the throne if only for a brief time.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
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Profiles Henry VII as an enigmatic and ruthless king of a country ravaged by decades of conspiracy and civil war, discussing the costs of establishing a Tudor monarchy and the ways he set the stage for Henry VIII's reign.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"11 December 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily ever after. But do they? Beginning this astonishing dual biography at the moment that most biographers turn away, bestselling historian Andrew Lownie reveals the dramatic lives of the Windsors...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor’s personality was well suited to her youthful ambition of living quietly in the country, raising a family, and caring for her dogs and horses. But when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated, she became heir to the throne—embarking on a journey that would test her as a woman and queen. Ascending to the throne at only 25, this self-effacing monarch navigated endless setbacks, family conflict, and occasional triumphs...
11) Crown & sceptre: a new history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the...
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