Biography: Royalty

This specially updated edition, released to mark the passing of the late and much-missed monarch, is a collection of warm, amusing recollections fr...

'Your Majesty may find it extraordinary that I should answer with a shipment of fruit your letter of 6 August, in which you inform me that you are ...

More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters a...

There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was the second wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizab...

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serv...

Sometimes it takes just one strong woman to tame a pack of zealous men. Meet Margaret of Sicily.For five years during the twelfth century, Margaret...

For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne longer than any dynasty in English history and yet its origins were in Anjou ...

Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow. Anne curses the killer of her husband and father, before succu...

Anna was the last woman standing of Henry VIIIs wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna, Duchess of Cleve...

'Entertaining... Wilson is affectionate without being reverential.' Daisy Goodwin, The TimesIn this original and vibrant examination of the life an...

Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, made good laws that still protect ordinary people today. Yet history concentrates on the fictional ...

Hollman combines scrupulous research with spellbinding storytelling; The Queen and the Mistress will keep you turning the pages. - Sylvia Barbara S...