Biography: Royalty

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Queen Elizabeth Is reign is amongst the most exciting and fascinating of any period of English history. She was a glamourous queen who ruled a vibr...

Mary Tudors childhood was overshadowed by the men in her life: her father, Henry VII, and her brothers Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne, and Henry ...

When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magn...

An intensely moving account of George IIIs doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunn...

King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years, yet his entire reign is usually reduced to one image: of the villainous monarch outmanoeuvr...

Inspector Ken Wharfe, the first royalty protection officer to publish a memoir, was a crucial figure in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, for n...

What the Queen Said to Me... is a collection of anecdotal stories by people who have met and spoken to The Queen. The stories are a small glimpse o...

How does the machinery of government respond when a King steps out of line? The relationship between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson created a cons...

From disastrous beginnings after he took the throne of Scotland, having murdered a powerful rival, Robert I became a military leader of consummate ...

We are honoured to announce the re-release of the first ever Pitkin title, published by Mr Pitkin in 1947 to celebrate the magical wedding day of P...

As the longest serving royal consort in British history (1921-2021), this fully-illustrated guide celebrates Prince Philips remarkable contribution...

The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what he craved most - a son and heir. Jan...

Arthur's tremendous career has led to his becoming the most familiar face on the royal circuit and the respect he shows his subjects means that his...

A gorgeously sumptuous poster featuring the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England from Egbert 829-839 to our Queen, Elizabeth II. This po...

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483. In...

Inexploring Royal dynamics, Inheritance sheds light on problems found in any familyOn its first publication in the 1990s, Dennis Friedman''s Inh...

Did you know the Queen loves pigeon racing? Did you know Elizabeth served with the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) as a mechanic during World W...

In 1936, the monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of ...

Conditioned by a childhood surrounded by the rivalries of the Stewart family, and by eighteen years of enforced exile in England, James I was to pr...

In this honest and entertaining book, Dickie Arbiter recounts his life's journey from a broadcast journalist to becoming a press spokesman to the R...

Buckingham Palace, London, 2013. My mum and I seem to be on the cover of every magazine these days. She must be really pleased that Ive made her ...

From the beginning the world had watched with baited breath as the charming prince and his future bride overcame the struggles of university, rumou...

Children answer questions about the Queen in this delightful tribute to our longest-serving monarch and celebration of the innocence of childhood.I...

The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all. 'I like her not!' was the verdict of Henry VIII o...

The King is dead, long live the QueenIt is 1952 and Britain is changing. The Second World War is over, but the country is still scarred, recovering...

Lucretia Borgia is the most unfortunate woman in modern history. Is this because she was guilty of the most hideous crimes, or is it simply because...

A full, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service. Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker, then equerry-in-waiting to Princess Elizabet...

The Archbishop of Canterbury called him bloody rude, courtiers feared he was a foreign interloper out for the goodies, daughter-in-law Sarah Fergus...

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

An important and timely book Philippa GregoryPoignant, unique and thought-provoking All About HistoryThis introduces new readers, in the most acc...

Mary Tudors childhood was overshadowed by the men in her life: her father, Henry VII, and her brothers Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne, and Henry ...

Princess Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (Bee) of Saxe-Coburg, granddaughters of Queen Victoria of England, married into the Span...

An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066In putting flesh back on Edwards bones Licence h...

In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous dec...

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...