Biography: royalty

George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England but he was probably the most important.

'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.

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.

The Medieval History is very interesting, especially for kids, because it details the time that came after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

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'After my death,' George V said of his eldest son and heir, 'the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.

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.

Stacy Schiff plasma en Cleopatra.

A heartwarming and dramatic World War I saga of secrets, love and the British royal family for readers of Daisy Styles and Maisie Thomas.

The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes.

1659 ist der junge König Louis XIV auf dem Weg nach Blois.

Manchmal geschehen Dinge in der Geschichte - Dinge, die so ungeheuerlich sind, dass sie aus der offiziellen Schreibung gestrichen werden.

'James was a king tragically trapped by principle.

Did you know that in ancient Europe the distribution of power is so great that nobles were very rich while the slaves were very poor?

A riveting saga of deceit, scandal, sex, greed and powerI've traveled all over the world.

Was Diana murdered?

History may have been started by the people before us but that story has molded our present.

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury.

A concise, straightforward biography of the seventeenth-century French monarch and his seventy-two-year reign.

Windsors, Grimaldis, Hohenzollern.

Did you know that England is a country where women rule - literally?

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times.

For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact.

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In the middle ages, there were nobles and knights who performed special roles in society.

Leave your passports behind because you can travel to places through books.

Did you know that England is a country where women rule - literally?

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'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world.

Did you know that in ancient Europe the distribution of power is so great that nobles were very rich while the slaves were very poor?

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIMEWhen news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world's attention and sparked an international media frenzy.

Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory.

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatQueen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of India in 1876).

'The Duchess does indeed seem a remarkable woman .

William IV, the 'Sailor King', reigned for just seven years.

A history of warfare distilled into 100 momentous battles - epic moments that have shaped our world.

'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power.

Written by Philip Ziegler, one of Britain's most celebrated biographers, George VI is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the title of 'George the Dutiful'.

Let's talk about kings and queens, and all beings royalty.

In September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch.

Henry VI, son of the all-conquering Henry V, was one of the least able and least successful of English kings.

In the middle ages, there were nobles and knights who performed special roles in society.

Es lebe die Queen!

It was a time of great societal unrest that the Great King Hammurabi decided to step forward and craft is Code of Law.