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  • Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards

    Who's Who in the English Monarchy From Egbert to Elizabeth II

    by David Hilliam ...
    Who invented the 'House of Windsor' as a royal name? Who founded Westminster Abbey? Which king had twenty-one illegitimate children? David Halliam answers all these questions and more. Here is a continuous history of the English monarchy, showing how the nine dynasties rose and fell.The book describes the most memorable features of the life and times of each king or queen - from Egbert, crowned in ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Castles and Cathedrals

    Series series Life in the Middle Ages
    As modern tourist destinations, museums, and sites of archaeological and architectural study, medieval castles continue to captivate students of history and laymen alike. Medieval cathedrals, many refurbished and still in use, also inspire awe, inspiration, and historical interest. In this book, readers will be enthralled by the vivid imagery of the castles and cathedrals that remain all over ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Royal Affairs

    A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy

    A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals.Insatiable kings, lecherous queens, kissing cousins, and wanton consorts-history has never been so much fun.Royal unions have always been the stuff of scintillating gossip, from the passionate Plantagenets to Henry VIII's alarming head count of wives and mistresses, to the ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Royal Romances

    Titillating Tales of Passion and Power in the Palaces of Europe

    More breathtaking than any fairy tale, here are seven scandalous, seductive centuries of all-for-love royal desire . . .Elegant palaces, dazzling power plays, shimmering jewels, and the grandest of all-or-nothing gambles—nothing can top real-life love among the royalty. Louis XIV defied God and law, permitting his married mistress Madame de Montespan to usurp the role of Queen of France, then ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Kings and Queens - A Very Peculiar History

    by Antony Mason ...
    Series Book 12 - A Very Peculiar History
    Which king's guards massacred a group of his supporters by mistake? Who had an oversized tongue and had to slobber when they ate food? Who was so large when they died that they had to be buried in a square coffin? Who survived seven assassination attempts? As you can tell from the bizarre questions above, it wasn't all thrones and sceptres for British kings and queens. Some of them were completely ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Royal Pains

    A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds

    The author of Notorious Royal Marriages presents some of history's boldest, baddest, and bawdiest royals.The bad seeds on the family trees of the most powerful royal houses of Europe often became the most rotten of apples: über-violent autocrats Vlad the Impaler and Ivan the Terrible literally reigned in blood. Lettice Knollys strove to mimic the appearance of her cousin Elizabeth I and even stole ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Royal Weddings, A Very Peculiar History

    Series Book 30 - A Very Peculiar History
    With the echo of regal church bells still ringing in the ears of royalists and well-wishers worldwide, Fiona Macdonald take a look at the quirky, odd and downright bizarre circumstances surrounding the weddings of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of Britain. One must leave one's sense of decorum at the palace gates as the author tells the wacky stories surrounding the preparations, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Royal Babylon

    The Alarming History of European Royalty

    by Karl Shaw ...
    An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear under lock and key? Or which czar, upon discovering his wife's infidelity, had her lover decapitated and ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Doomed Queens

    Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di

    by Kris Waldherr ...
    Illicit love, madness, betrayal--it isn’t always good to be the queenMarie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. But in the end, they spent long nights in dark prison towers and were marched to the scaffold where they surrendered their heads to the executioner. And they ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Inglorious Royal Marriages

    A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony

    It’s no secret that the marriages of monarchs are often made in hell. Here are some of the most spectacular mismatches in five hundred years of royal history....In a world where many kings, queens, and princes lacked nothing but true love, marital mismatches could bring out the baddest, boldest behavior in the bluest of bloodlines. Margaret Tudor, her niece Mary I, and Catherine of Braganza were ... Read more

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  • Bad Days in History

    A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year

    National Geographic author Michael Farquhar uncovers an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, and unadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year. From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, these 365 tales of misery include lost fortunes (like the would-be Apple investor who pulled out in 1977 and missed out on a $30 billion-dollar ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress

    The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress

    Mary Boleyn, the infamous other Boleyn girl, began her court career as the mistress of the king of France. François I of France would later call her The Great Prostitute and the slur stuck.The bête-noir of her family, Mary was married off to a minor courtier but it was not long before she caught the eye of Henry VIII and a new affair began. Although a bright star at Henrys court, she was soon ... Read more

    $8.99 USD