Biography: Royalty

In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favourite wife of...

A fascinating new look at the artistic legacy of the Tudors, revealing the dynastys influence on the arts in Renaissance England and beyond Ruling ...

Queens and princesses have always shown care and compassion, but many went much further. They were not afraid to roll up their sleeves, work in war...

Never before has there been a book devoted entirely to Anne Boleyn's fall. Now, Alison Weir's richly researched and impressively detailed portrait ...

Arthur: mythical hero, legendary king. But was he, as the legends claimed, an actual Dark-Age Briton? From Glastonbury and Tintagel to the supposed...

Richard III is accused of murdering his nephews (the 'Princes in the Tower') in order to usurp the throne of England. Since Tudor times he has been...

Since their fairy-tale wedding in 2011 and the announcement in December 2012 that William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were ex...

Why is King Arthur a giant? Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of the history of Europe and the English-speaking...

The summer of 2022 saw the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation, the first time in British history that a mo...

A vivid, evocative, page-turning read that leaps off the page, with a dazzling evocation of the diamond and gem trade The King's Diamond ...

When people think of Richard the Lionheart they recall the scene at the end of every Robin Hood epic when he returns from the Crusades to punish hi...

The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queens sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflixs The Crown. ...

Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us with a series of u...

Cleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Though her life spanned fewer than forty yea...

This is the remarkable story of how the two most powerful women in Britain at the time met and disliked each other on sight. For over a decade they...

Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of just...

Elizabeth I is perhaps England's most famous monarch. Born in 1533, the product of the doomed marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was...

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he rul...

Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. According to popular...

The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victorias Golden ...

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...