Zbirka: Biografije: kraljevske družine
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Matilda(2012) BORMAN, TRACYRead the thrilling, tempestuous story of the 'first' Queen of England. Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England takes us from the courts of Flanders to the opulence of royal life in England.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Prince Eddy(2008) COOK, ANDREWA radically new interpretation of a much maligned prince.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Arbella: England's Lost Queen(2004) GRISTWOOD, SARAH'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she woulVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Queen(2012) PIMLOTT, BENAn updated edition of Ben Pimlott’s classic biography of the Queen: ‘There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.’ PETER HENNESSY, Independent on SundayVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Fears of Henry IV(2008) MORTIMER, IANIn June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. In 1399, at the age of thirty-two, he was enthusiastically greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the insecure and tyrannical King RichardVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Colour Bar(2007) WILLIAMS, SUSANSir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Behind Closed Doors(2012) VICKERS, HUGOHugo Vickers has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Family, and has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Perfect King(2008) MORTIMER, IANFrom the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age, forged a nation out of war and re-made England. He ordered hVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Strangest Family(2015) HADLOW, JANICEAn intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Tyrannicide Brief(2006) ROBERTSON, GEOFFREY, QCBut in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian, son of a poor farmer, but he had the cVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Elizabeth and Mary(2004) DUNN, JANEThis is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. It was the defining relationship of their lives, and marked the intersection of the great Tudor and Stuart dynasties, a landmark event in British history.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
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Sophia - Mother of Kings(2020) CURZON, CATHERINESophia, Electress of Hanover, united the Houses of Stuart and Hanover and was mother to a dynasty. Once the exiled Winter Princess, Sophia became a force to be reckoned with.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Queens(2022) JESTICE, DR PHYLLIS G (CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA)In a world historically dominated by male rulers, the women who have sat on thrones of their own shine out brightly. Some queens and empresses were born to greatness, while others fought their way to power. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs and aVezava: Trda28,03 € -
Royal Station Master's Daughters(2022) SEYMOUR, ELLEEA heartwarming and dramatic World War I saga of secrets, love and the British royal family for readers of Daisy Styles and Maisie Thomas.Vezava: Mehka12,61 €
