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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers--the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle--to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw the final seasons of her reign without her husband Philip...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A celebration and a tribute, this is a dazzling pictorial account of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, her family, and the history of the British monarchy"--Back cover.
From her Norman ancestors to her great-grandchildren, this authoritative text covers much more than the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It includes details of the queen's personal and private life; highlights important events; showcases the royal residences; and features timelines that...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Provides a nuanced look at Queen Elizabeth's remarkable and unrivalled reign for seventy years, discussing how the royal family must reckon with its history in order to chart a course for Britain beyond its Queen and show an institution capable of leadership in an ever-changing modern world.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
One has been famous longer than anyone on the planet - a dutiful daughter, a frustrated mother, a doting grandmother, a steel-willed taskmaster, a wily stateswoman, an enduring symbol of an institution that has lasted a thousand years, and a global icon who has not only been an eyewitness to history but a part of it. One is the great-granddaughter of a King's mistress and one of the most famous other women of the modern age-a woman who somehow survived...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Miranda Richardson and Tom Hollander star as Queen Mary and King George V. After discovering that their son Prince John (Daniel Williams and Matthew Thomas) suffers from epilepsy and learning disabilities, the royals have the boy sent off to be raised in a rural farmhouse, lest he tarnish the family's image of superiority. Removed from the public eye and the attention of his parents, Prince John forms a loving bond with his nurse, Lalla (Gina McKee)....
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, the insider authors offer an honest, up-close and disarming portrait of a confident, influential and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler-and each other. At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians who barely thought him up to the job. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to ... Diana's Boys explores the last 20 years in the lives of Princes William and Harry and the evolution of their relationship as adults, with one brother the designated heir, and the other doomed to life as the spare ... Diana's Boys revealed the powerful bond between the teenaged princes and how it strengthened even more in the wake of their mother's tragic death....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion. When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the happiness and excitement of the day was illusory. Britain may have been victorious in a painful war, but the peace would be no easier. Between the abdication crisis, the death of King George VI, and the ascension of...
15) En la sombra
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Fue una de las imágenes más desgarradoras del siglo XX: Dos niños, dos príncipes, caminando detrás del féretro de su madre, mientras el mundo contemplaba la escena con pesar... y horror. A la vez que se daba sepultura a Diana, princesa de Gales, miles de millones de personas se preguntaban qué debían pensar y sentir esos príncipes y qué rumbo tomarían sus vidas. En el caso de Harry, esta es, por fin, esa historia. Con su franqueza directa...
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