Títulos en Realeza

Todos los detalles de la vida del actual rey de España en un audiolibro de excelente corte y calidad. Proclamado rey en 1975 tras la muerte del dictador Francisco Franco, su figura, pese a la adversa situación económica española, goza de una abrumadora popularidad.

Fue el 124 emperador de Japón. De carácter reservado y gentil, su ascensión al trono estuvo plagada de vicisitudes. La vida de Hirohito, un soberano obligado a comportarse como un monarca constitucional al estilo europeo, es también el testimonio de un hombre atrapado entre una existencia casi -divina-, el reiterado temor a perder su trono y las sombras de un misterio (su responsabilidad exacta en la militarización japonesa y el desastre atómico de 1945).

Mejor conocida como la novia de Agincourt de Enrique V en Enrque V de Shakespeare, Catalina de Valois era una mujer extraordinaria de fe, valor y convicción en una época con mujeres políticamente poderosas. Hija menor del rey Carlos VI de Francia, aterrorizada por su enfermedad mental, la princesa Catalina sobrevivió a los estragos de su esquizofrenia, una guerra civil en casa y la guerra del rey Enrique con Francia para convertirse en una de las reinas más fascinantes y valientes del Renacimiento.

Con "Lucrezia Borgia", Maria Bellonci realizza un romanzo, improntato all'insegna dell'accuratezza storica. Lucrezia è figlia del suo tempo e, in special modo, della propria famiglia, i Borgia famiglia che ha segnato a fuoco quell'epoca a cavallo tra la fine del Quattrocento e l'inizio del Cinquecento. Luminosa e nello stesso tempo pervasa di malinconie indecifrabili ma anche di un potente magnetismo vitale Lucrezia ha vissuto tra le più cupe tragedie del suo ambiente.

The #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles. “A brotherly tribute to the People’s Princess, no holds barred . . . Full of love and vengeance.” —The New York Times “Charles Spencer was there for...

'Catherine and Diana. Two women, born twenty years apart, who never met, yet found themselves bound by a title, a ring and a man named William.' A title in use for over 700 years, the Princess of Wales is one of the most senior positions in the British royal family. In her new book, bestselling...

A riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from the beloved and bestselling historian Alison Weir The war between the houses of Lancaster and York was characterised by treachery, deceit and bloody battles. Alison Weir's lucid and gripping account focuses on the human side of history. At the...

For over six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great empire. Beside her for more than 20 of those years was her beloved husband and the father of their nine children, Prince Albert. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Albert was one of the architects of Victorian Britain's transformation as a centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. Albert lived only 42 years but fathered four royal dynasties and helped pioneer the modern constitutional monarchy.

This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation by exploring the emperor’s fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus’s relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the emperor Hadrian, as well as his Stoic tutors. He draws extensively on Marcus’s own Meditations and correspondence, and he examines the emperor’s actions as detailed in the Augustan History and other ancient texts.

Adquiera la increíble y espeluznante historias de esta siniestra noble húngara, Báthory, bella y cruel aristócrata nacida en el siglo XVI, que ha pasado a los anales del Medioevo por haber sido encontrada infraganti, luego acusada y mucho después condenada a muerte, por ser responsable de una serie de horrendos crímenes motivados por su obsesión por la belleza, que le han valido el sobrenombre de "La Condesa Sangrienta".

'Good people, I am come hither to die and by a law I am condemned to the same.' These were the words uttered by 17-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced on to the throne by power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just 13 days before being imprisoned in the tower, condemned for high treason and executed.

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task.

Named a “Best Book of the 21st Century” by Kirkus Reviews, this biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings to life the most intriguing woman in history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and...

Iván IV, el gran emperador ruso, famoso por su carácter y vehemencia, es considerado con justicia como uno de los creadores del estado ruso. Sus grandes aportes al país, como la conquista de Siberia, la creación de un nuevo código legal, la conquista de los janatos tártaros de Kazán y Astracán, la destrucción de la Orden Teutónica y grandes reformas internas, le dieron la categoría de héroe nacional.

Nació en Burdeos, en 1122, y murió en Fonteurault, en 1204. Duquesa de Aquitania y de Gascuña, era también condesa de Poitou. Su matrimonio con Luis VII de Francia se disolvió en 1154, y contrajo nuevas nupcias con Enrique II Plantagenet de Inglaterra, lo que unió sus dominios a la corona...

This program features an introduction read by the author. Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion. When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the...

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences surprisingly well documented by contemporaries. Eminent historian Geoffrey Parker draws on four decades of research on Philip as well as a recent, extraordinary archival discovery - a trove of 3,000 documents in vaults in New York City....

El nombre de Calomarde pertenece a los más oscuro, abyecto y olvidable de la historia. Frente a la fuerza de un Rasputín o de un Hoover, que pueden ser personajes históricos equivalentes, Calomarde se ha quedado en un chiste. No es tan raro, en un país que tiende a contarse más como comedia...

"A compelling page-turner" about the medieval English baron who invaded his own country and deposed a king (Alison Weir, author of Queen Isabella). One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the French-born queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. A year later, as lovers, they returned with an invading army: King Edward II's forces crumbled before them and Mortimer took power.

The remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of Kingmaker and The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own...