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Elisabetta II è, è stata, e verosimilmente resterà, la regina dei record. È il sovrano che ha viaggiato più di tutti coloro che, prima di lei, hanno indossato una corona. È stata la prima regina a comparire in televisione e anche la prima a dover affrontare una serie di scandali che hanno messo a dura prova la sua pazienza e la sopravvivenza stessa della monarchia. E il 6 febbraio ne ha raggiunto un altro: il Giubileo di Platino, 70 anni seduta sul trono inglese come mai nessuno nella Storia.

This is the extraordinary story of Jaqueline; a young girl denied her true identity, whose courageous life was interfered with and strategically manipulated by her narcissistic mother, royalty, spies, raconteurs, and gangsters. And one remarkable secret.

Owner of Harrods, bereaved father of Dodi and instigator of the 'cash for questions' sensation, this book was originally published in 1998 to wide acclaim. But with the recent heinous accusations of sexual misconduct coming to light, this new and updated edition will offer a new focus of Tom Bower's trademark acerbic insight on this controversial figure.

Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa's life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Rațiunile de stat au obligat-o pe Maria de Edinburgh, nepoata reginei Victoria și a țarului Alexandru al II-lea, să accepte căsătoria cu prințul moștenitor al unui regat foarte tânăr de la porțile Orientului, România. Însă calculele capetelor încoronate și ale politicienilor s-au dovedit cu totul greșite. Ajunsă la București, Maria a descoperit că frumusețea, farmecul și inteligența o îndreptățesc să joace un rol mai important și mai folositor pentru noua sa patrie, pe care a învățat să o iubească pătimaș.

Casa de Médici: Una guía fascinante de la historia de la familia y la dinastía de los Médici. Casa de Borja: Una fascinante guía sobre los Borja y sus enemistades con la familia Médicis, la dinastía Sforza y Girolamo Savonarola.

Was mögen die großen Königinnen und Könige dieser Welt wohl gedacht haben? Wie gingen sie mit der Freiheit, die sie in eine für uns kaum vorstellbare Gefangenschaft trieb, um - und was machte das Leben, dass sie führten mit ihnen? Diese Novelle unternimmt den Versuch in die Gedanken der wohl bekanntesten Tudor-Königinnen einzutauchen und lässt die Leserinnen und Leser in das einzig freie Gut Elisabeths blicken. Begonnen beim Tod ihrer Mutter, bis zu ihrem Tod selbst erleben wir Elisabeth einmal vollkommen anders.

Do you love history and everything about England and Britain? This audiobook is your ticket to the incredible stories of the people who shaped England. Learn about the nation's journey through the lives of its most important figures.

Voor de lezers van Reserve en de liefhebbers van The Crown: de biografie - met exclusief fotokatern - van de meest geliefde prinses van het Britse koningshuis en haar reis van Kate tot Catherine, de toekomstige koningin. Lees de waarheid over bijvoorbeeld haar gespannen relatie met prins Harry en Meghan Markle, de controverse rond de photoshopfail en het schokkende nieuws van haar kankerdiagnose. Het levensverhaal van Kate Middleton lijkt een modern sprookje. Een aantrekkelijk, slim en ambitieus meisje uit een doorsneegezin wordt tijdens haar studie verliefd op een prins.

Born into eight very different families, the upbringing and fortunes of Queen Victoria's grandsons varied widely. Some died in childhood, some were killed in action, and others lived to see grandchildren of their own. There were heroes and villains, valiant soldiers and dissipated youths, but their lives were interconnected through the tiny Queen for whom their welfare and happiness was a constant preoccupation.

Only Eileen Parker could write a book like Step Aside for Royalty with its intimate portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the early years of their enduring partnership. That's why Eileen and her husband, Mike. appeared as characters throughout the first thirteen episodes of the Netflix blockbuster, 'The Crown'. Eileen and Mike were inside Buckingham Palace for all the grand state occasions as well as the private moments of crisis and joy.

Saint Louis: A King's Obsession with Relics, Magic, and Spells is a richly detailed exploration of the life and reign of King Louis IX of France, a monarch whose legacy is steeped in both sanctity and the supernatural. This book delves into the hidden aspects of Louis IX’s life, revealing a ruler driven not only by his devout Christian faith but also by an insatiable hunger for mystical knowledge. King Louis IX, canonized as Saint Louis after his death, is often remembered for his piety.

For many, she was simply the last of King Henry VIII’s many wives, but Catherine Parr was much more than that. She had a unique and incredible history all of her own. Catherine was a dynamic figure who survived more than her fair share of hardship. Even before she married Henry, she found herself caught up in the drama of England’s Reformation, and at one point, she was even held hostage in her own home by religious radicals.

Книга Максима Гуреева Григорий Распутин. Могилы моей не ищите — это история убийства Григория Ефимовича Распутина, одной из самых зловещих и противоречивых личностей начала XX века, друга царской семьи, целителя и петербургского старца. Убийство Григория Распутина произошло в ночь с 16 на 17 декабря 1916 года в результате великосветского заговора, в котором приняли участие Феликс Юсупов, великий князь Дмитрий Павлович, Владимир Пуришкевич, Освальд Рейнер и многие другие.

Екатерина II — одна из самых ярких фигур эпохи Просвещения. Маленькая принцесса Фике стала самой русской из немецких правителей России и последней самодержавной императрицей в ее истории. Правлением Екатерины завершился блестящий "осьмнадцатый век" – век кровавых бунтов, военных и дипломатических побед, век разгула крепостничества и Салтычихи. Истинная дочь своего времени, Екатерина соткана из противоречий: республиканка в душе и сторонница крепостного права на деле, поборница морали, прозванная северной Кибелой. Она дружила с Вольтером и Дидро, но отправила в тюрьму просветителя Новикова.

Sayyida Salme lived a remarkable life in remarkable times and told the tale more than a century ago in her Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, the first book published by an Arab woman. She was born in 1844 as a princess on the island of Zanzibar, daughter of the great Omani Sayyid Said bin Sultan and his Circassian slave Djilfidan. By the time she published her Memoirs in German in 1886, she had moved from Arab royalty amidst harem politics to the challenges of raising a family as a single mother in a foreign land, with her new Christian name, Emily Ruete.

History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-born queen of France and influential mother of three successive French kings during that country’s long sequence of sectarian wars in the second half of the sixteenth century.

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Kaiser Augustus, Dschinghis Khan, Jeanne d'Arc, Götz von Berlichingen, Königin Elisabeth I. von England, Maria Stuart, Zarin Katharina die Große, Otto von Bismarck, Königin Victoria von England, Wladimir Lenin.

Tsarina Catherine the Great, German-born ruler of Russia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Queen Victoria of England, long-reigning sovereign and "Grandmother of Europe": Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!