Biography: royalty

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Prince William has emerged as the people's prince, surfacing from a lifetime of scrutiny and speculation as a discerning and charming young man, determined to serve the nation he loves.

Extrait : "L'histoire a des sources ignorées et profondes qui échappent aux plus patientes investigations.

Extrait : "Le drame antique ne présente aucun sujet plus noble et émouvant que la vie et la mort de l'archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette-Josépha, reine de France.

The royal family's darkest secret and the establishment cover-up.

The story of how Elizabeth II became queen.

Many books have been written about the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, yet there always seem to be corners of his long life that have remained unexplored.

Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser.

Culloden was the last battle on British soil.

Extrait : "Un grand poète Allemand a dit « qu'un moment de bonheur n'est pas payé trop cher, même au prix de la mort, » mais une longue vie de tortures et de douleurs est une compensation trop forte pour un court instant de félicité.

Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period.

Extrait : "Fruit de quinze années de recherches, ce livre a pour but de présenter l'histoire d'un grand homme et d'une grande époque.

'The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was' Andrew Wilson, ObserverHistory is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940.

The romantic story of the courtship, love and marriage of Ceril, a young English girl, and 'B.

Extrait : "C'est une vérité que l'homme garde toujours au fond de la poitrine un peu de l'air natal dont son enfance et sa jeunesse ont été nourries.

On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement.

Extrait : "La Suède et la Finlande composent un royaume large d'environ deux cents de nos lieues, et long de trois cents.

A remarkable biography of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth: Behind Palace Doors, contains secrets of the royal family never previously published in this country.

'Full of gems .

Extrait : "Quelque trente ans après le séjour de Gœthe en Italie, qui inocula une suprême goutte de classicisme dans les veines du grand corps romantique allemand; un jeune prince de Bavière y débarquait à son tour et découvrait Rome.

Extrait : "Cette conscience de lui-même, — de ce qu'il était, de ce qu'il valait, de ce qu'il représentait, — Louis XIV, est-il besoin de l'ajouter ?

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Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carr .

Extrait : "Vers 1834, dans un salon madrilène, où l'avait introduit l'amitié de Mérimée et dont il était devenu le fidèle visiteur, Stendhal faisait sauter sur ses genoux une enfant fort jolie, née sous le ciel de Grenade et dont la grâce espiègle plaisait à son regard.

A day-by-day celebration in words and photographs of the young couple's first tour of Canada.

Extrait : "Il y a peu d'hommes qui aient été jugés avec autant de sévérité que le duc de Lauzun, il y en a peu qui l'aient moins mérité.

Do you know your Kings and Queens of England by heart?

In the reign of Edward I, when asked Quo Warranto - by what warrant he held his lands - John de Warenne, the 6th earl of Surrey, is said to have drawn a rusty sword, claiming “My ancestors came with William the Bastard, and conquered their lands with the sword, and I will defend them with the sword against anyone wishing to seize them”John's ancestor, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Extrait : "Ida Saint-Elme naquit, le 26 septembre 1778, à Valambrose, charmante campagne des bords de l'Arno, près de Florence.

Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia.

Extrait : "La chute de la dynastie carolingienne n'est pas une de ces révolutions qui semblent devenues inévitables.

Extrait : "La Réforme en Angleterre eut une caractère non seulement religieux, mais social.

'When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Discover the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor'This book had me in tears and also made me smile' 5***** Reader Review'A loving, informative, respectful tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales' 5***** Reader Review'A brilliant and provoking book .

Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule.

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is a moving personal portrait of a girl who grew up to become Hawaii's first and only queen, a beloved monarch who fought for the rights of her people.

Extrait : "A quelle époque faut-il faire remonter la construction du château que Louis XIII fit élever à Versailles ?

Known for its advances in literature, industrialization, politics, and science, the Victorian era was a prominent time in British history.

Extrait : "Le lendemain d'un de ses plus grands triomphes, Molière écrivait au savant Jacques Rohault : « Mon cher monsieur, je suis le plus malheureux des hommes : ma femme ne m'aime pas.

In between her fairy-tale wedding and her premature death, there lived the most beloved royal presence of our century, surely as multifaceted as any celebrity of our time.

The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family.

In spellbinding prose, Lytton Strachey illuminates one of the most poignant affairs in history alongside the glamour and intrigue of the Elizabethan era.

First published in 1981, this is Ronald Clark's engagingly readable account of Queen Victoria's relationship with "e;Our dear Balmoral"e; and the life that went on there.

This traces the initially slow rise of the family from Bourbon in the Massif Central which as a result of tenacity, ambition and good marriages came to win the crowns first of France, then Spain and finally Naples and Sicily.