Quest for Queen Mary, Paperback - Hugo Vickers

The highly acclaimed unexpurgated notes taken by James Pope-Hennessy for his official biography of Queen Mary, the present Queen's grandmother. Pub...

The highly acclaimed unexpurgated notes taken by James Pope-Hennessy for his official biography of Queen Mary, the present Queen's grandmother. Pub...

This was partly due to her long life, and the difficulty that always exists when a biography of a living person is attempted, partly because she wa...

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Hugo 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 ...

Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Hugo VickersPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 233 x 153 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectu...

The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - and subject of the critically acclaimed T...

The definitive biography of Cecil Beaton, the celebrated British photographer and designer who enjoyed immense international fame and lived a glitt...

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Launched in an era when speed and grandeur went hand in hand, the RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. From the t...

Reducere. Ghost stories from the Grey Ghost herself have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery The RMS Queen Mary's famous haunted history comes to ...

Renowned photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas captures the extraordinary results of the Coronation Meadows project, an important conservation project l...

The fiercely intelligent beauty who married the 9th Duke of Marlborough and both dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles of the Belle Epo...

The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary - often leg...

Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille, Queen Christina and Grand ...

The insights and memories of a member of the British Royal Family - HRH The Duke of Kent in conversation with Hugo Vickers about some of the key ev...

The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary - often leg...

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Reducere. Ouverture (4: 11)"Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Come Away" (1: 59)"Sound The Trumpet" (2: 27)"Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Come Away" (1: 22)"Strike The Viol" (4:...

Reckonings documents how Holocaust victims have sought justice over the decades and the haunting disparity between crime and punishment.

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Reducere. WINNER - 2019 NAUTILUS AWARD - SILVER MEDAL Going beyond dragon-slayers and sword-swingers, The Lost Heir blends fantasy and adventure with social ...

A new batch of stories in this collectable and very popular series aimed particularly at boys and created by the team behind Rainbow Magic. Over 50...

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Reducere. It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history--rem...

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Mary Stuart was just five years old when she was sent to France to be raised alongside her future husband. But when the frail young king dies, eigh...

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DescriptionStefan Zweig's classic biography of one of British history's most fascinating figures, rereleased in a new edition to tie in with launch...

In The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages, Mary Dzon explores the continued transmission and appeal of apocryphal legends througho...

Did you ever hear the saying "there are two sides to every story?" This is especially true for major events in history. In this fresh take on histo...

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Everyone's heard of Mary, Queen of Scots. She is horribly famous for having terrible taste in husbands, rotting away in Liz I's prison and, totally...

The romantic and tragic figure of Mary Queen of Scots is explored in detail in this guide, from her eventful infancy to her plots in prison and exe...

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In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. This title tells of Mary's Spanish heritage...

The legend of the ghostly Bloody Mary involves seeing a woman's bloody image appear in the mirror. Some say she is the spirit of Queen Mary I of En...

As well as illustrations, this new edition includes photographs of Mary Queen of Scots-related objects from the collections of National Museums Sco...

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town's secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your seat, addictive read. At 8: 53 pm, thousands of ...

Reducere. Follow hot-blooded Mary's lifelong rivalry with her frosty cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England and discover why the Queen of Scots gets her head c...

This book focuses for the first time on the lives and loves of those English courtiers responsible for guarding the most dangerous woman in the kin...

Reducere. DescriptionQueen of Scotland by birth, Queen of France by marriage, and Queen of England by right (some said), the life of Mary Stuart (1542-1587) ...

DescriptionThe true story of the daring escape of Mary, Queen of Scots' from the island castle in Loch Leven is well-known throughout Scotland and ...

In 1726, in the town of Godalming, England, a woman confounded the nation's medical community by giving birth to seventeen rabbits. This astonishin...

This dual biography of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots tells the story of their intense and embattled relationship, and their uniting struggles...

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