Biography: royalty books

Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in...  Read More >>

She has been called America's princess - and with good reason. Long before she married a prince, Grace Kelly had...  Read More >>

Jacob Abbott was a well-known 19th century historian who wrote biographies on various leaders and famous individuals,...  Read More >>

Cyrus was the founder of the ancient Persian empire--a monarchy, perhaps, the most wealthy and magnificent which...  Read More >>

Jacob Abbott was a well-known 19th century historian who wrote biographies on various leaders and famous individuals,...  Read More >>

Memoir of Queen Adelaide, by Dr. John Doran, is a classic historical biography and the definitive biography of the...  Read More >>

Friedmann's Anne Boleyn is a classic biography of the wife of Henry VIII. Originally published in 1884, Friedmann's...  Read More >>

For over a decade they quietly waged a war against each other on both a personal and political stage, disagreeing...  Read More >>

Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Vol 1 is a classic Queen Victoria biography by Sarah Tytler. If...  Read More >>

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Memoirs Louis XIV is a classic French royal history text by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans. The Duchesse...  Read More >>

Marie-Antoinette, Daughter of the Caesars is about the life, death and legacy of Louis XVI's tragic Queen, based...  Read More >>

Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Vol 1 is a classic Queen Victoria biography by Sarah Tytler. If...  Read More >>

<strong>Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings in English history, but most people could only tell you that...  Read More >>

The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor...  Read More >>

Translated by Lionel Strachey. A picture of the education and life of an Arabian woman, which is most interesting...  Read More >>

Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American writer of children's books. His Rollo books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo...  Read More >>

Previously published by Vintage Books in 2005; originally published in London by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2000 and...  Read More >>

""... true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent...  Read More >>

Friedmann's Anne Boleyn is a classic biography of the wife of Henry VIII. Originally published in 1884, Friedmann's...  Read More >>

Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Volume 1 of 3 (Illustrated) is a collection of biographies from Matilda of...  Read More >>

Notwithstanding all her faults, she was the best beloved of all English monarchs because of her never-failing courage...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

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