The Duchess

A unique and fascinating insight into the life of an accidental duchess.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Emma Manners, Duchess of RutlandNumber o...

The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.Publisher: Swift PressAuthor(s): Charles CastleNumber o...

Reducere. This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Romanov, the first daughter of the...

Written in the 1950s and discovered by family members years after her death, Margaret Brown Kilik's shocking coming-of-age novel of the emotional a...

The remarkable story of the 18th century aristocrat who scandalised the nationPublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Catherine OstlerIllustratio...

Reducere. "Deeply researched, valuable." -The New York Times Book Review "A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic. . . . A world of beautiful hous...

New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he...

Reducere. It was a love so strong, a king renounced his kingdom--all for that woman. Or was she just an escape route for a monarch who never wanted to rule? ...

Reducere. Over five seasons, Miss Harmony Barrett has managed to repel every gentleman of consequence and engineer a debacle at Almack's so horrifying that h...

Racism is a problem deeply rooted in American society. Slavery and segregation may no longer be legal, but their legacies still influence the way B...

Education, Race, and the Lawexplores the hard-fought legal battles to give people of color an equal education to whites. This title also looks at i...

This guide is ideal for use in the classroom or for revision, providing insight into characterisation, contexts and critical views, along with acti...

Publisher: Oxford University PressNumber of pages: 240Collection: Oxford Student TextsPublication date: 2007Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 13Cover type: P...

An exciting combination of historical fact, supposition and slapstick humour. With colour illustrations by Tom Morgan-Jones. Ages: 5-8yrs.

Reducere. In the early 1800s, white Americans sought out more lands. The 1830 Indian Removal Act allowed the US government to trade lands with Native America...

Reducere. Finalist for the International Man Booker Prize, winner of the Premio Campiello, short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Award upon its fi...

Reducere. DescriptionTraicionada. Abandonada. Invencible. Ang lique Latham no es realmente duquesa, aunque tras perder a su madre cuando era muy peque a, se ...

Reducere. An iBooks Best Romance of August Pick One of Publishers Weekly's Buzz Books of Romance 2017 An Amazon Best Romance of August Pick When girl meets D...

DescriptionThis book tells the story of Prince William's life concurrently with that of his now wife, Kate Middleton. It highlights their different...

The Duke's Southern belle... Causing a stir in Society!Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Lauri RobinsonNumber of pages: 368Publication ...

Reducere. A heartwarming tale about a beagle and the Duchess who adopted him, this picture book is inspired by the true story of Meghan Markle and her rescue...

Based on the reprinted Revels Plays Edition of 1964, the notes to this play have been augmented to cast futher light on Webster's dialogue. A new i...

DescriptionAnna was the 'last woman standing' of Henry VIII's wives - and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna, Du...

The story of a woman who helped mould the famous Winston ChurchillIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

Reducere. Racial bias, both implicit and explicit, is easy to see in American news media. Race and the Media in Modern America explores differences in report...

New B-format paperback - A fresh look at Anne of Cleves' life as a German noblewoman, and the Continental politics that affected her marriage. Did ...

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncAuthor(s): Joanna LowellNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 x 139Cover t...

Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson.Publisher...

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

DescriptionFor a duchess with practical desires, falling in love is an inconceivable part of her plan... As owner of the Elysium Club which caters ...

A new volume of the greatest revenge tragedies of the seventeenth-century stage These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles ...

The Duchess, the second novel in Wendy Holden's trilogy about royal outsiders, fictionalises the unknown London life of Wallis Simpson.Publisher: W...

Reducere. A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir--the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton AbbeyConsuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautifu...

The Duchess, the second novel in Wendy Holden's trilogy about royal outsiders, fictionalises the unknown London life of Wallis Simpson.Publisher: W...

DescriptionMeet Meghan Markle--the brand-new Royal who is smashing centuries-old traditions, making her mark on fashion, and inspiring millions of ...

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna is ...

The fourth in a sparkling series of Regency fiction with a fairytale twist by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James, includes the exclusiv...

The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens.Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew LownieNumber of pages: 352Public...

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...

Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infa...

Reducere. The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their unc...

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...

A deliciously classy tale of an American heiress, an English blue blood and the hunt for happiness from the acclaimed scriptwriter for the epic dra...

Reducere. When Terra knelt to an alien ImperiumThey guaranteed our safety and our futureBut now their enemies are coming for usTo preserve humanity's surviva...

A beautifully illustrated exploration of opulent tastes and the power of patronage in 18th-century Britain

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionMaster Iconic 18th Century Hair and Makeup TechniquesEver wondered how Marie Antoinette achieved her sky-high hairstyle or how women in ...

The story of how the 6th Duke of Bedford and his second wife, Georgina Gordon, became intimately involved with the scientific discoveries of the En...

The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens.Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew LownieNumber of pages: 432Public...

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the...

Bring History to LifeWhether you wish you could time travel to the court of Versailles or the Highlands of Scotland, this comprehensive guide will ...