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A unique window on an extraordinary life lived with tremendous zest, discrimination, and intelligence
The Duchess of Devonshire is the youngest of the Mitford siblings, the famous brood that includes the writers Nancy and Jessica. Like them, she has lived an unusually full and remarkable life, and like them she has an inimitable expressive gift. In Counting My Chickens, she has gathered extracts from her diaries and other writings to create a multifaceted...
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Her Majesty the Queen breathed her last at 6.30 p.m., surrounded by her children and grand-children. With this notice, pinned to the entrance gate of Osborne House, Queen Victoria's doctors announced the death of the most powerful woman in the world, who had sat on her throne and ruled through more than six decades. Her rule had seen her kingdom spread to become the world's biggest empire, had seen massive change in society and leaps forward in technology....
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Set in 17th century France during the reign of Louis XIV, the story revolves around the unhappily married heroine, Jacqueline, and her relationship with King Louis. A longtime friend of the queen mother, Jacqueline has been the focus of unexpressed and unrequited longings by the young king. When Louis makes his intentions known, can their romance flourish?
Note: This book contains explicit adult content.
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'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' - William Shakespeare
'I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.' - Catherine the Great
To many, Europe has been the pinnacle of world sophistication and culture. Yet beneath the power, the glamour, and the splendour there has also been scandal, mystery and skullduggery. Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe peels away the glory and the glitz to take...
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Get the Summary of Tina Brown's The Palace Papers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Palace Papers" by Tina Brown delves into the British royal family's transition into the 21st century, marked by a shift away from the charisma of Princess Diana to a focus on the Crown and its direct successors. The book explores the monarchy's challenges, including the impact of popular figures like Diana and the media's role...
66) Touch of Agony
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When Kenna Breen and Asher Drydan stole the Queen of the Gods' ring, it started a countdown to a war that promises their destruction.
Empath Kenna didn't understand how difficult life could be until she left her homeland, traveled to the outerworld, and met her other half, the sexy warrior king who oozes strength and lethal grace.
And it only gets harder from there.
Their marriage gets a rocky start when Aeliana and her minions crash the ceremony...
67) The King's Guard
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Hector of Ventierra is the youngest commander of the Royal Guard in his kingdom's history. But before he was lord commander, he was a lowly squire. In this short fantasy novella, set in the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson introduces readers to Hector before he became the man Queen Elisa fell in love with. The King's Guard also includes a teaser chapter for The Bitter Kingdom, the conclusion to the Fire and Thorns trilogy.
At fifteen...
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"Aileen Aroon, A Memoir. With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites" by Gordon Stables. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for...
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The Hebrew prophets predicted that the coming Messiah would be a Star coming to rescue Israel from her enemies (Numbers 24:17). When Jesus was born his birthplace was marked by a Star that led the Magi to Bethlehem (Matthew 2:2-10). In the book of Revelation Jesus describes himself as "the root and descendant of David, the bright morning Star" (Revelation 22:16). Who exactly was this spiritual Superstar whose brief life sparked a movement that turned...
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The Cost of this Product: Chapter 8 alone is priceless. Revelations of God and Christ revealed that 3rd and 2nd Heaven spirits, Christians that have fallen asleep and O.T. saints suffered, were killed and put in damnation fire, all from God having become jealous of ME. ( Romans 15:4 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." The Parable of David,...
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Alice Keppel, the married lover of Queen Victoria's eldest son and great-grandmother to Camilla Parker-Bowles, was a key figure in Edwardian society. Hers was the acceptable face of adultery. Discretion was her hallmark. It was her art to be the king's mistress and yet to laud the Royal Family and the institution of marriage. Formidable and manipulative, her attentions to the king brought her wealth, power, and status. Her daughter Violet Trefusis...
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A chronological account of the princesses and consort Queens of the Georgian era. From Sophia who died shortly before she would have become Queen as heir to Queen Anne, to Adelaide, consort to William IV whose failure to provide an heir ensured the succession passed to his niece Queen Victoria. During this period, an array of colourful personalities came and went - George I's ill-fated wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle who was imprisoned for adultery...
73) Intrigue
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An ordinary girl. A crown prince. One deadly foe.
In the modern age, being born a prince comes with its own set of problems. In order to escape them for a while, Jonathan runs to a relative's home in America. He never imagines the peril that follows him.
Alissa Cassidy is content as a normal girl chasing her dream. Until danger knocks on her door in the form of bullets... and a stalker.
Thrust together by chance-and maybe by fate-Jonathan and Alissa...
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In December of 1936, King Edward VIII of Great Britain shocked the world by giving up his kingdom in order to marry a twice-divorced American commoner named Wallis Simpson. The King and Mrs. Simpson recounts the extraordinary love story between the popular king and the enigmatic woman that began at a party in England and culminated in an abdication nearly six years later. The story has been told before, but The King and Mrs. Simpson is different....
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He's used to having everything he could ever want,And this time, he needs a bride.But this white wedding won't be as pure as he hopes…Don't get me wrong, being a prince has its benefits,It also means your love life isn't yours to decide.My traditionalist father gave me an ultimatum:Marry by thirty, or face the consequences.I want the throne, no matter the costs,And I don't want some vapid European princess to try and tame me.So when I proposed to...
77) Maria Stuart
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"Nach Vollendung des Erasmus-Buches, dieser verschleierten Selbstdarstellung, war es meine Absicht, einen lang geplanten Roman zu schreiben. Ich hatte genug von Biographien. Aber da geschah es mir gleich am dritten Tage, daß ich im Britischen Museum, angezogen von meiner alten Leidenschaft für Autographen, die im öffentlichen Raum ausgestellten Stücke musterte. Darunter war der handschriftliche Bericht über die Hinrichtung Maria Stuarts. Unwillkürlich...
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Mourning the death of their youngest son was difficult enough without the constant pressures of court upon the king and queen. While needing to heal with their surviving children, the royal couple are torn away when unexpected visitors from abroad come to their shores on ill tides. The king and queen have weathered many storms, they've saved a nation from crumbling, but, can the pair who married for love, who never wished to sit on the thrones, save...
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King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers. The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud, Queen of Norway, were never well-known to the British...
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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; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound. Dark History of...
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