The Empress

The Empress is a dazzling reimagining of the courtship between one ofhistory's most iconic and beloved couples: Sisi and Franz of Austria.Publisher...

Publisher: Strident Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): Kirkland CicconeNumber of pages: 240Collection: Castlecrankie ChroniclesPublication date: 2014Dime...

Reducere. Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as 'Dona', was marked out from early childhood as a po...

In this touching saga a young woman from the slums of 1930s Ireland sets out for Liverpool - and dreams of a life on the ocean waves working on the...

Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary str...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tanika (Author) GuptaNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 14Cover type:...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tanika (Author) GuptaNumber of pages: 152Collection: Student EditionsPublication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. Pasari de ceata - pentru-o mana de orez, din somnul cui vin? Kiri no tori - for a handful of rice grains from whose dream they come? Editie bilingv...

Reducere. Oscar Hijuelos vividly brings to life the joys, desires, and disappointment of American life witnessed through the experience of a formerly prosper...

From a bestselling author in Mexico comes her English-language debut--an enthralling historical novel about the tragic reign of Empress Carlota of ...

"The most unimpressive favorite in history." "Fat, clumsy, gushing and stupid." These were but a few of the things said about Anna Vyroubova, favor...

Reducere. Crown Princess Ioanna of Xytae has kept her truthsayer blessing a secret for twenty years. In any other nation, her powerful magic would be cause f...

Reducere. The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China's history marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellion...

Publisher: Little, Brown & CompanyAuthor(s): YunaNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 210 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly...

Reducere. Empress Alexandra Romanov - the last empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, and now a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church - chose Countess S...

Ruthless and passionate, Catherine the Great is singularly responsible for amassing one of the most awe-inspiring collections of art in the world a...

Less than a decade after Queen Elizabeth I, a Muslim woman ruled an empire more than twenty- five times the size of Elizabethan England and vastly ...

When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in ...

About the AuthorKenneth Atkinson is a professor of history at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The author of several books, he is re...

Reducere. DescriptionAn extraordinary book that combines travel- and history-writing with brilliant storytelling to give us a portrait of Mumtaz Mahal, in wh...

Nothing preordained Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, known as "Sissi", to become Empress of Austria at the age of seventeen. It was, in fact, despite hers...

DescriptionThis evocative collection celebrates the prescience, wit, and enduring relevance of a fashion legend. Diana Vreeland's insightful edicts...

Reducere. When the British Arean Company founded its Martian colony, it welcomed any settlers it could get. Outcasts, misfits, and dreamers emigrated in drov...

The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead a groundbreaking public health cam...

DescriptionGendered Power sheds light on the sources of power for three prominent women of the Meiji period: Meiji Empress Haruko; public speaker, ...

Reducere. The thrilling sequel to S.J. Kincaid's New York Times bestselling novel, The Diabolic, which TeenVogue.com called "the perfect kind of high-pressur...

How a unique alliance between two women in the 1970s led to the acquisition of a treasure trove of modern art now worth billionsIn the 1970s, Ameri...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Peter J. KeatIllustration(s): 90 photographs, illustrationsNumber of pages: 96Collection: Series XPublicat...

Reducere. The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empireIn Empress of the...

The life and times, and mysterious death of an ambitious Empress in exile, unloved by many.

Reducere. Discover the China that before now was only whispered about in the dark.In this collection, award-winning writers and translators Yi Izzy Yu and Jo...

The extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only queen.

Melanie Clegg takes a fresh and intimate look at the close relationship that existed between the last Empress of Russia and her grandmother Queen V...

Reducere. Palace eunuch and secretary Stephen records Empress Theodora's life as she navigates wars, political and religious crises, a citywide rebellion, an...

Reducere. Palace eunuch and secretary Stephen records Empress Theodora's life as she navigates wars, political and religious crises, a citywide rebellion, an...

Reducere. Imagine if H.P. Lovecraft were Chinese and his tales were true. Or if a national, political figure like Benjamin Franklin was also a paranormal inv...

Reducere. The letters of Empress Frederick shed light on German politics and society during the late 19th century, and the outlook Germany's royal family hel...

A vivid and sprawling family saga following Maria Theresa of Austria and her daughters, including the infamous Marie Antoinette.Publisher: Orion Pu...