Biography: Royalty

This book is a photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, from her first official photograph as a baby in 1926 to her greeting President Obama at...

Wallis Simpson is known as the woman who stole the kings heart and rocked the monarchy but she was not Edward VIIIs first or only love. This book ...

From humble beginnings as a shopkeeper's son in Coventry to 'Page of the Backstairs' at Clarence House, William Tallon, or 'Backstairs Billy' as he...

A stunning tour de force and a remarkable achievement.- Alison WeirThis is Our Island Story for the modern age. - Charles Spencer'Not just a brilli...

A rich portrait of Frederick Barbarossa, the medieval monarch who ruled Germany in cooperation with the princes and whose legend inspired Hitler to...

Lytton Strachey's acclaimed portrayal of Queen Victoria revolutionised the art of biography by using elements of romantic fiction and melodrama to ...

'The Firm', as the royal family styles itself, judged by real corporate standards, is a mess. Any consultants called in from outside to scrutinise ...

Edward the Confessor was the son of King Aethelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. The family was exiled to Normandy when the Danish invaded En...

Richard III. The name will conjure an image for any reader: Shakespeares hunchback tyrant who killed his own nephews or a long-denigrated, misunder...

Eleanor of Castile, the remarkable woman behind Englands greatest medieval king, Edward I, has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she ha...

In 1533, Katherine Willoughby married Charles Brandon, Henry VIIIs closest friend. She would go on to serve at the court of every Tudor monarch exc...

Pitt Minion Bibles are notable for their synthesis of function and style and have been a feature of the Cambridge list for many decades. In the cur...

Although they were not subjected to the intense media scrutiny that our Royals are today, two Princes of Wales and two namesakes have appeared and ...

'Highly readable and deeply researched' - Andrew Roberts 'Masterful ... brilliantly brings to life one of the most complex characters of modern Eur...

The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers. In this masterly aut...

The Royals say they can do without many things, but not their animals. They are suspicious of practically everyone outside their own family, so the...

A lively, authoritative and revealing portrait of the Queen's life and work through the eyes of those who've known her and worked with her over the...

With the world watching, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, third in line of succession to the throne, was born on 22nd July 2013. The nex...

A new edition draws on fresh evidence from archive sources--including decoded secret correspondence--to peel back the layers of misinformation obsc...

The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one...

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 ...

At the time of Elizabeth IIs accession, Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harry S. Truman was President of the United...

A year after Richard IIIs death, a boy claiming to be a Yorkist prince appeared as if from nowhere, claiming to be Richard IIIs heir and the rightf...