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  • Seven Centuries of Service
    Margaret Bolton
    The title of Duke of York is traditionally assigned to the second son of the English monarch. But what exactly does a Duke of York do? Across the centuries dukes have served in the armed services on land, at sea and in the air. They have worked as diplomats and ambassadors and been patrons of the arts and sciences. Some have also been given more unusual jobs such as investig...
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    53,83 €

  • Victorious Charles
    Caroline (Cally) Rogers Neill Sehnaoui
    Victorious Charles: A Ladies’ Man is a fascinating historical account of the lives of the nobility and the poor in 15th Century France, under the reign of King Charles VII. Charles VII was a warrior King who reigned at the time of France’s decades-long war against Henry V’s England. Charles is also often remembered for his numerous high-profile affairs, including one with the ...
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    17,00 €

  • Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica
    Julia Gasper
    'A visionary and a madman' was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff’s career spanned the entire European continent ...
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    134,37 €

  • Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor
    Susanna de Vries
    Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals. The genuine love match between Prince William and Kate Middleton has rekindled enthusiasm for the British monarchy. In the past, young princes reluctantly entered into arranged marriages and took mistresses. Perdita Robinson, a famous actress, was enticed from the stage with promises of money to live with the fickle Prince of Wales, who turned ...
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    24,79 €

  • The reign of Richard II
    A source reader covering the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II’s reign. Includes well-known English chronicles, foreign chronicles, and legal, administrative and financial records with clear and lively commentary and notes to enable readers to make the fullest use of each document. ...
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    28,97 €

  • A Collection of all the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and every Branch of the ... to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive
    John Nichols / Richard Gough
    A Collection of all the Wills Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive: With Explanatory Notes and a Glossary 'These wills of members of the English Royalty from William the Conqueror through Henry VII are in th...
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    33,42 €

  • A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and Every Branch of the
    John Nichols / Richard Gough
    These wills of members of the English Royalty from William the Conqueror through Henry VII are in their original language and often have brief introductions, annotations and postscripts in English. With a Glossary and "Additional Observations and Corrections." x, 434 pp. Originally published: London: J. Nichols, 1780."This series of miscellaneous and different wills presents us...
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    45,13 €

  • The reign of Richard II
    A source reader covering the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II’s reign. Includes well-known English chronicles, foreign chronicles, and legal, administrative and financial records with clear and lively commentary and notes to enable readers to make the fullest use of each document. ...
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    144,50 €

  • Fanny Lear
    Eva And Daniel McDonald
    Fanny Lear: Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia>/i> tells the story of Harriet Clarissima Ely Blackford, also known as Fanny Lear. She was an American courtesan in the late nineteenth century, a strong, independent woman who refused to accept the restrictions placed on women by society at the time. In her short, adventure-filled life, her travels took her from Philadelphia to th...
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    35,05 €

  • Fanny Lear
    Eva And Daniel McDonald
    Fanny Lear: Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia>/i> tells the story of Harriet Clarissima Ely Blackford, also known as Fanny Lear. She was an American courtesan in the late nineteenth century, a strong, independent woman who refused to accept the restrictions placed on women by society at the time. In her short, adventure-filled life, her travels took her from Philadelphia to th...
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    26,63 €

  • The Journal of Countess Francoise Krasinska
    Klementyna Tanska Hoffman
    The journal of the Francoise Krasinksa begins with her as a young girl living comfortably with her parents in the court of Maleszow in southern Poland. She is happy and innocent and  nurses a crush on Prince Charles, pretender to the Polish throne. Francoise was related to nearly all the noblest families in Poland. Eminently beautiful, intelligent and witty, her escapades and h...
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    14,29 €

  • The Tudors
    David Loades
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    69,39 €

  • Henri IV of France
    Vincent J Pitts
    Vincent J. Pitts chronicles the life and times of one of France’s most remarkable kings in the first English-language biography of Henri IV to be published in twenty-five years. An unwelcome heir to the throne, Henri ruled over a kingdom plagued by religious civil war and political and economic instability. By the end of his reign in 1610 he had pacified his warring country, re...
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    56,73 €

  • The Stuarts in Italy, 1719-1766
    Edward Corp
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    179,57 €

  • Imperial Triangle of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and the Intriguing Duke of Sesto
    Nancy Becker
    The Untold True History of Love, Power and Revenge Amidst the Gaslights & Carriages of Old Paris & Madrid that Changed the World from China to MexicoIf you think you know Paris and Madrid, think again! This is the book that unlocks the charm, romance, heart-ache and mysteries of Paris and Madrid that directly preceded the contemporary. After reading this incredible history, you...
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    52,67 €

  • Imperial Triangle of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and the Intriguing Duke of Sesto
    Nancy Becker
    The Untold True History of Love, Power and Revenge Amidst the Gaslights & Carriages of Old Paris & Madrid that Changed the World from China to MexicoIf you think you know Paris and Madrid, think again! This is the book that unlocks the charm, romance, heart-ache and mysteries of Paris and Madrid that directly preceded the contemporary. After reading this incredible history, you...
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    61,59 €

  • Early Kings of Norway (Large Print Edition)
    Thomas Carlyle
    Special Large Print edition, with easy to read text, of Thomas Carlyle’s classic work. ...
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    9,73 €

  • Lozikeyi Dlodlo. Queen of the Ndebele
    Marieke Clarke / Merieke Faber Clarke / Pathisa Nyathi
    In 1999, a defiant 76-year old Mr Stanley Mhlanga confronted the Zimbabwean Forestry Commission. He claimed that Queen Lozikeyi had given his people the land from which they had been evicted. Who was this woman, an inspiration to an old man 80 years after her death? Queen Lozikeyi was the senior queen of Lobhengula, king of the Ndebele people in what is now Zimbabwe. Her early ...
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    78,58 €

  • The Life of Henry VII
    Bernard Andr / Bernard Andreas / Daniel Hobbins
    Composed between 1500 and 1502, 'The Life of Henry VII' is the first 'official' Tudor account of the triumph of Henry VII over Richard III. Its author, the French humanist Bernard André, was a poet and historian at the court of Henry VII and tutor to the young Prince Arthur. Steeped in classical literature and familiar with all the tropes of the ancient biographical tradition, ...
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    30,38 €

  • The Life of Henry VII
    Bernard Andr / Bernard Andreas / Daniel Hobbins
    Composed between 1500 and 1502, 'The Life of Henry VII' is the first 'official' Tudor account of the triumph of Henry VII over Richard III. Its author, the French humanist Bernard André, was a poet and historian at the court of Henry VII and tutor to the young Prince Arthur. Steeped in classical literature and familiar with all the tropes of the ancient biographical tradition, ...
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    22,59 €

  • Nikolaus II. Glanz und Untergang des letzten Zaren
    Essad Bey
    Im Jahr 1935 erschienen, war 'Nikolaus II. Glanz und Untergang des letzten Zaren' das letzte Buch, das Essad Bey unter seinem Namen in Deutschland veröffentlichen konnte. Von der Kritik insgesamt positiv aufgenommen, wurde das Buch des jüdisch-muslimischen Autors in viele europäische Sprachen übersetzt. Nach über 75 Jahren wird seine Biographie über den letzten kaiserlichen Her...
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    26,64 €

  • Prince William
    Joann Price
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    53,93 €

  • Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and her Secret Duke of Sesto
    Nancy Becker
    Summary: Frustrations of a single woman and the Napoleonic heir of France that led to their marriage in the most magnificent wedding during the most romantic era of European historyPrincipals: Emperor Napoleon III; Eugénie de Montijo, Countess of Teba; and her girlhood and lifetime love, the Duke of SestoTheme: The ultimate unrequited love story: a woman who tried to commit sui...
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    55,56 €

  • Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and Her Secret Duke of Sesto
    Nancy Becker
    Summary: Frustrations of a single woman and the Napoleonic heir of France that led to their marriage in the most magnificent wedding during the most romantic era of European historyPrincipals: Emperor Napoleon III; Eugénie de Montijo, Countess of Teba; and her girlhood and lifetime love, the Duke of SestoTheme: The ultimate unrequited love story: a woman who tried to commit sui...
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    66,47 €

  • Vizcondes y Monteros
    Raúl Romero Bartolomé
    En torno al mexicano Andrés Molina Lucientes, que se instala en España como empleado de Petróleos Mexicanos, el autor va desgranando las peripecias de ambas ramas de la familia paterna que viene a buscar en España.Solo conoce que su abuela era hija de un industrial español del azúcar instalado en Cuba en torno a 1870, y que su abuelo fue extrañado en Cuba poco antes de la guerr...
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    18,00 €

  • Creating the Empress
    V'Iu Proskurina / V. ’Iu Proskurina / Vera Proskurina / V’Iu Proskurina
    In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing a detailed analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from this period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine (Amazon, Astraea, Pallas Athena, Felicitas, Fortune, etc.), as well as how these...
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    58,24 €

  • The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria
    Tracy Adams
    The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne. Asserting that there is no historical support for this posthumous reputation, Tracy Ad...
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    73,21 €

  • Britney
    Steve Dennis
    Britney Spears – the princess of pop – is making a comeback, and there isn’t a person out there who hasn’t heard about it. In this fully up-to-date and authoritative biography, Steve Dennis reveals all there is to know about the much-loved star. Hitting our radios for the first time in 1998 with ’…Baby One More Time’, Britney Spears quickly became a pop idol. Now, at j...
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    28,67 €

  • Edward The First
    Thomas Tout
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
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    33,62 €

  • Artificial And Compulsory Drinking Usages Of The United Kingdom (1844)
    John Dunlop
    Artificial And Compulsory Drinking Usages Of The United Kingdom (1844) is a historical book written by John Dunlop. The book explores the drinking habits and customs of the people of the United Kingdom during the 19th century. Dunlop delves into the societal pressures and expectations that led to the development of artificial and compulsory drinking practices, including the tra...
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    33,31 €