Biography: Royalty

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey...

The definitive new biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain''s leading royal authorities.With original insights from those who know her...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry VIII's reign transformed the physi...

Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring ...

Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Anton...

Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret or Ducky as she was known behind closed doors.Even as a child,...

Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories Observer What was so dangerous about Queen Victorias artistic tempestuous sixth child, Princess Louis...

The definitive biography of George VI, the hero of The King's SpeechGeorge VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother...

Since the early part of the 20th century, Britain''s Royal family has become increasingly less remote from the population and are now at the centre...

This is a special, updated edition in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. HRH Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Hea...

King Kamehameha the Great had 30 wives. Ka'ahumanu (c.1768-1832) was his favorite. Descended from Oceanian voyagers, she grew up in a society co...

A landmark new book - Daily Mail Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is destined one day to be king. Determined to serve his country as his grandmo...

From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power struggles that shook the foundations of Re...

'Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before pub...

Did Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes on the Tower, survive his imprisonment? In this revealing new book medieval historian David B...

Famed as much for their love of the drink as they are for their prosperous or tumultuous reigns, Britains monarchs have always indulged in their fa...

Read the thrilling, tempestuous story of the 'first' Queen of England. Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Qu...

A superbly crafted and humane portrait of the final days of the last Romanovs Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra. Complementing his Pul...

The Pulitzer prizewinning biography of Peter the Great, the ruler who brought Russia from darkness into light.Against the monumental canvas of seve...

In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The Cult of Gloriana ...

Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced t...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second is printed from a Manuscript of the late Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Among the papers found at S...

Mary Queen of Scots is perhaps the most romantic and tragic figure in British history. Was her tragic life a product of bad luck, bad advice, or am...

A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I.'We are a prince from a line of princes.'Lisa Hilton...

This is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile, whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the saintly Loui...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has carried out her role as Sovereign with flawless professionalism. Her demeanour has been perfect, and in the seve...