Biography: Royalty

The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as the Young Pretender, sailed from ...

A prominent scholar explores King Arthurs historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century A...

This gossipy account of Louis XIV is a clear and fascinating historical biography from Nancy Mitford. ...

HIGHGROVE: A GARDEN CELEBRATED is a commemoration of the beautiful, mature gardens planned and planted by The Prince of Wales over thirty years ago...

Like a fantasy come true, the love story of commoner Kate Middleton and Prince William, heir to the throne of England, puts a new face on an old tr...

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egypt...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

The second volume in the definitive history of Henry IIIs rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the kings death in 1272   After ...

James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homos...