King Edward VIII

Did MI5 and Special Branch allow an assassination plot against King Edward VIII to go ahead in July 1936?

DescriptionPrince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was originally named King Edward VIII but upon the abdicatio...

The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers.Publisher: HarperCollins Publis...

Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France. He had affairs with the most fam...

Reducere. An exceptional event took place in London, England on May 20, 1910 as the funeral procession of King Edward VII wound its way through the streets o...

Reducere. In his desperate quest for an heir, King Henry VIII divorced one wife and beheaded another. The birth of Prince Edward on October 12, 1537, ended h...

The struggle for the soul of England after the death of Henry VIII

Reducere. Motherless since birth and newly bereft of his father, King Henry VIII, nine-year-old Edward Tudor ascends to the throne of England and quickly lea...

DescriptionWhen did the term 'Princes in the Tower' come into usage, who invented it, and to whom did it refer? To the general public the term is s...

Reducere. Intrepid writer and amateur sleuth Josephine Tey returns in this sixth installment of Nicola Upson's popular series--perfect for fans of Agatha Chr...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes John Boyne's Next of KinIt is 1936, and London is abuzz with gos...

Reducere. For more than 1, 000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings and queens have conquered territo...

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

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Reducere. Description"Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing." --Shelf Awareness Parents' Choice Recommended From Newbery Award-winning author Avi comes the g...

Reducere. Will Gaveston is page boy to little Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. When his father is accused of treason and thrown into Newgate Prison, Wi...

Reducere. Here, for the first time, is an all-embracing account of the loves of that royal womaniser, Edward VII, as Prince of Wales and King.It is also a st...

Reducere. It is 1973, and the stately airships of the Great Powers hold benign sway over a peaceful world. The balance of power is maintained by the British ...

Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the story of Queen Elizabeth's life, from when she was a young princess, to her coronation in 1953 through t...

King Edward VIII abdicated his throne for her in one of the world's great love stories - but who was Wallis Simpson?Born into a poor southern famil...

Reducere. Side A: 1. Scandal In The Family - Sir Lancelot2. Rum & Coca Cola - Calypso Rose3. Ah Bernice - Lord Kitchener4. Edward The Viii - Caresser5. Ugly ...

Reducere. In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era--the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The ...

Reducere. Mystery bookstore owner Samantha Washington is trying to keep her grandmother from spending her golden years in an orange jumpsuit . . . The small ...

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Reducere. After the tragic romance of Jane the Quene, the second book in The Seymour Saga trilogy, The Path to Somerset, takes a dark turn through an era in ...

Description The bestselling author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York takes a young woman that history noticed only once and sets her on ...

Reducere. For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Win...

Reducere. Founded by King Alfred the Great in or around 888, the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary and St Edward at Shaftesbury was the wealthiest and most import...

Reducere. During the political upheaval of Tudor-era England, the lawyer Matthew Shardlake must decide where his loyalties lie in "one of the best ongoing my...

Reducere. B.M. Cron's thoroughly researched biography offers a reassessment of Margaret of Anjou's life, her character, her aims and her dealings with the me...

Reducere. From the award-winning writer of the original Upstairs Downstairs--the second novel in an irresistible trilogy about an Earl's family and his serva...

Attractive, wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies of the Tudor court. A favourite of King Henry VIII, Kat...

DescriptionFirst in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty....

Reducere. Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall's "Our Island Story" is a history of England up to Queen Victoria's death, with some myths and legends mixed in. Marsh...

Reducere. Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was -- and is -- the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the K...

Reducere. DescriptionFor fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biograph...

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Reducere. Newly discharged from the Marines after World War II, Scotty Bowers arrived in Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, he q...

Reducere. DescriptionScotland Yard's Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Ti...

First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty. May, 1471....

Reducere. DescriptionThis vivid biography, written by John Dickson Carr, a giant in the field of mystery fiction, benefits from his full access to the archiv...

DescriptionScotland Yard's Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Ti...

Reducere. Prince Albert Victor, known to his family as 'Eddy', was the eldest child of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. This is the story of Prince Eddy'...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kate ParkerA dying man. The painting within her reach. What's a thief to do? Talented London milliner Emily Gates creates a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Orville A. TurnquestForeword by: Sidney PoitierEditor: Diane GedyminWhat Manner of Man Is This? is a unique and incisive lo...