Elizabeth Woodville - A Life: The Real Story of the 'White Queen' (Macgibbon David)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Woodville - A Life: The Real Story of the 'White Queen' (Macgibbon David)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vilified and defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress, an ambitious advancer of her family's fortunes, or a courageous and tragic figure who lost

Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower (Baldwin David)(Paperback)

This is the first new account of Elizabeth's life for over fifty years and David Baldwin sets out to reveal the true story of this complex and intriguing woman. Hers was certainly a dramatic life with dizzying reversals of fortune; from poverty in 1461 to queenship in 1464, followed by deposition,

The Queen's Sisters: The Lives of the Sisters of Elizabeth Woodville (Hodder Sarah J.)(Paperback)

Whether Queen or commoner, the lives of women throughout history is a fascinating study. Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen', managed to make the transition from commoner to Queen and became the epitome of medieval heroines - the commoner who married a King. When she became the wife of Edward IV

Elizabeth the Queen - The real story behind The Crown (Smith Sally Bedell)(Paperback / softback)

Is This the Real Life? - The Untold Story of Queen (Blake Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Mark Blake has written the definitive history of one of the greatest rock bands of all

Voices of the Windrush Generation - The real story told by the people themselves (Matthews David)(Paperback / softback)

The real story of the Windrush Generation told by the people themselves - a celebration of black British culture and

Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor (Norton Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth

Who Was Queen Elizabeth? (Eding June)(Paperback)

Our bestselling series is fit for a queen The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages,

Catherine Parr: Wife, Widow, Mother, Survivor, the Story of the Last Queen of Henry VIII (Norton Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII. Catherine Parr was enjoying her freedom after her first two arranged marriages when she caught the attention of the elderly Henry VIII. The most reluctant of all Henry's wives, she offered to become his mistress rather than

The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Gilmour David)(Paperback)

David Gilmour's biography of Giuseppe di Lampedusa unearths the life story of the creator of The Leopard, one of the great novels of the twentieth century. A book whose imagery, once tasted, haunts the reader forever, The Leopard describes the golden era of nineteenth-century Sicily: its sensual,

Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin (Ritz David)(Paperback)

The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz. Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and

Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen (Blake Mark)(Paperback)

Queen's success in the 1970s was accompanied by a taste for musical and non-musical excess. Is This the Real Life? draws on eyewitness testimonies--former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and boyfriends--to create a complete picture of one of the world's most ambitiously driven rock bands at

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch (Smith Sally Bedell)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This 'excellent, all-embracing' (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance--and a captivating window into her decades-long reign. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of

Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II - Hardman Robert

The definitive biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain’s leading royal authorities.'This is a beautifully-crafted, deeply informed and rounded portrait of the gold standard monarch and the age to which she has given her name. Queen of Our Times has depth, feel and insight in

Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man (Halaas David F.)(Paperback)

This is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a 'halfbreed' born to a prominent white trader and his Indian wife-whose lifetime spanned one of the most exciting epochs in our nation's history. Raised as a Cheyenne but educated in white schools, George Bent fought for the

White Princess - Cousins' War 5 (Gregory Philippa)(Paperback / softback)

The fifth novel in The Cousins' War series tells the story of Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Woodville, The White

Real Elizabeth (Marr Andrew)(Paperback)

A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her reign Elizabeth II, one of England's longest-reigning monarchs, is an enigma. In public, she confines herself to optimistic pieties and guarded

The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins (Begun David R.)(Paperback)

The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage. In this compelling and accessible book,

Before & After - The Incredible Story of the Real-life Mrs Wilson (Wilson Alison)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary story behind the critically-acclaimed drama, Mrs

Queen Elizabeth II (Green Rod)(Mass Market Paperbound)

She has reigned for more than a half century: this is the story of Queen Elizabeth II, the dramatic world events she's witnessed, and the people she's encountered.Throughout her 70-year reign--the longest of any British monarch, and the longest of any current monarch in the world--Queen Elizabeth

My Husband and I: The Inside Story of the Royal Marriage (Seward Ingrid)(Paperback)

A vivid and revealing portrait of the royal marriage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip--perfect for fans of the popular Netflix TV series The Crown. When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it

The York Princesses: The Daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville (Hodder Sarah J.)(Paperback)

As a collective, the lives of the Princesses of York span across seven decades and the rule of five different Kings. The daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, they were born into an England that had been ruled over by the great Plantagenet Kings for almost three hundred years. Their young

Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life (Dolby Karen)(Pevná vazba)

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the Head of the Commonwealth, has reigned for a record-breaking 76 years. What are the secrets of her success? How does she still approach her day-to-day with such vitality and aplomb, even when

Polgara the Sorceress (Eddings David)(Paperback / softback)

The last and most amazing volume in the legendary Belgariad series: the story of the queen of truth, love, rage and destiny, Polgara the