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Beatrice Curtis Brown

Book Description1929. The story of Anne Stuart is not the history of her age. The glory and activities of her time were incomprehensible to her, while as a historical pivot she does not exist. Her sister represented all that she could have represented inthe 1688 revolution. As a mother of kings, Anne might have been a factor in English history. Childless, she did not divert the stream. The author felt justified in ignoring the tremendous political movements of her time and devotes this work entirely to a narrative of Anne's personal history. Illustrated.

Otto of Freising

Book Description The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa is the "official biography" of German king and holy roman emperor Frederick I. This historical firsthand account was begun by his maternal uncle, Otto, the leading medieval church figure and notable historian and continued by a less wellknown cleric, Rahewin. This chronicle is the single most important source for Frederick Barbarossa's reign and the most valuable biographical study of the twelfth century to date.

W. M. Ormrod

Book DescriptionThe new history of England through the lives of its kings and queens, written by a team of pre–eminent historians. Published in association with the British Library.

Dan Harmon

Owen Platt

Book DescriptionAt the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the British government, alarmed at the Duke and Duchess of WindsorA?s association with the Nazis and the possibility that they would remove themselves to the United States to preach their pacifist (and slightly pro-German) credo, decided that a job had to be found for the ex-King Edward VIII. and his wife, the American, Wallis Simpson. He was appointed Governor of The Bahamas, one of the smallest and least important possessions ofthe British Empire, far away from the scene of battle. Away from their sybaritic living in the south of France, the couple struggled unhappily with the very different lifestyle of minor colonial life. This story is of their successes and their failures during their last official service to The BritishA?and of the only Royal Governor to have served in British colonial history. Owen PlattA?s recounting of their escapades in wartime Bahamas is a...

Susan Doran

Book DescriptionQueen Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603 and is remembered not only as a powerful, often ruthless and successful monarch but also as a virtuous, gracious, and caring ruler. This new biography of Elizabeth I, by a leading scholar, reveals a tough and determined "Virgin Queen", whose education, wit, and wisdom enabled her to succeed in the often turbulent and hostile world of her reign. Charting Elizabeth's childhood, schooling, and family life as well as her relationships with her ministers and suitors, Susan Doran discusses her motivation and the personal qualities that sustained her as queen. Her years in power were often dominated by political intrigue, marriage proposals, disputes over the succession, plots against her life, and warfare. Elizabeth made clever use of events, such as the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and unique interests and attributes, such as her love of theatrical pageant, to...

Sylvia Kahan

Book DescriptionSuperb new biography...The list of her achievements - music dedicated to her, works commissioned by her, artists supported by her - are all scrupulously recorded here...a dazzling and inspiring array...In Sylvia Kahan Winnaretta (Singer-Polignac) has a biographer able to explain her special mixture of arrogance, intelligence and bravery. --Margaret Reynolds, The Times Her book is magnificently readable. The reader's complaint might be that it stopped after 550 pages and has not yet beenmade into a movie. THE VILLAGER The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. After Edmond's death in 1901, she used her fortune to benefit the arts, science, and letters. Her most significant contribution was in the musical...

Shane Leslie

Book Description1926. The author attempts to dispel the inaccuracies and fallacies surrounding the life of this King, who was considered by many previous authors to be a "bad King." Whatever his private faults and public mistakes, George IV never possessed the Satanic genius to be a consistent rogue and reveler, nor did he wreck the State committed to him. A king must be judged by his kingdom, and during his reign George IV rebuilt Windsor castle, summoned Brighton out of the sands and capitalized Londonamong Capitols. A great work telling the story of this King as it should be told.

Charles P. Roland