345円 Orphelin à 11 ans, marié à 16 ans, Louis XVI n'a que 20 ans lorsqu'il devient Roi de France le 10 mai 1774 à la mort de son grand-père Louis XV. Le 21 janvier 1793, Louis XVI est décapité sous la guillotine révolutionnaire. Que s'est-il passé entre ces deux dates ? Que s'est-il passé pendant ce r...

1,257円 For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors’ own version of the events at Cliveden is told. Peter Stanford has been granted unprecedented access to Lady Astor, her private papers and her friends, as well as to many family members and key players in the drama. When Bronwe...

1,459円 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was also a scholar, murderer, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and one of the most remarkable women in history. The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sourc...

496円 Akbar, Emperor of India A Picture of Lfe and Customs from the Sixteenth Century This edition features • illustrations • a linked List of Illustrations and Footnotes Excerpt ...Akbar, the son of the dethroned Emperor Humâyun, was born on October 14, 1542, at Amarkot in Sindh, two years after his f...

3,111円 An icon remembered in death as vividly as she appeared in life, Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of the most enduring personalities of the twentieth century-and one of the most enigmatic. With exclusive access to all those closest to Diana, Sarah Bradford now casts aside the gossip and lies and t...

1,555円 From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleon's favorite sister, with color photos, paintings, and illustrations. Considered by many in Europe to be the most beautiful woman at the turn of the nineteenth century, Pauline Bonaparte Borghese shocked the continent with the b...

389円 Entre son épouse Marie Leckzinska et ses favorites « officielles » comme la marquise de Pompadour et la comtesse du Barry, Louis XV n'aura de cesse d'entretenir des « petites maîtresses », jeunes filles choisies pour leur beauté et leur esprit, qu'il n'hésitait pas à installer à la Cour pendant l...

1,227円 Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; ...

1,355円 Sarah's Story* The Duchess who Defied the Royal House of Windsor IT SEEMS that almost every week Sarah Ferguson - the Duchess of York, known to one and all as Fergie - makes headlines with her efforts to re-brand herself and explain her troubles. There are the weight-loss problems, the ongoing di...

380円 *Includes pictures of Henry, Anne and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents"We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Kings of England in times past never had any superior but God." King He...

2,750円 *The New York Times Bestseller* A dazzling reassessment of the most iconic - and maligned - woman in history. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo and Elizabeth Taylor...

2,750円 Was Diana murdered? Was the British Royal family involved? Was she pregnant and engaged to Dodi? Did the paparazzi or 'a blinding white flash' cause the crash? Was driver Henri Paul really drunk or were his blood tests switched? Since Princess Diana died in Paris on 31 August 1997 there have been...