The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain
By: Martin Williams
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
By: Tom Sancton
3.50
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
Was the world s wealthiest woman Liliane Bettencourt heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar… read more
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2. The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
By: Jane Ridley
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
King Edward the VII, affectionately called Bertie, was fifty-nine when he took the throne in 1901, … read more
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3. Elizabeth and Her German Garden
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
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"I shall not let myself be frightened away by the sarcasm of owls."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
"We are none of us ever thankful enough, and yet we each get so much, so very much, more than we deserve."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
", and there were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden, in spite of my years and children."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
"Oh, I thought of calling it Journeyings in Germany. It sounds well, and would be correct. Or Jottings from German Journeyings--I haven't quite decided yet..."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
4. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
5. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
6. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor
By: Valentine Low
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more
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7. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
By: Robert Hardman
3.92
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more
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"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
8. Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
By: Lucy Worsley
4.19
Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition
Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black?… read more
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"She no longer followed fashion; she had created a fashion all her own."-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
"Surely Victoria's mental health suffered because all the men around her expected it to."-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
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"With Bertie's illness, Victoria's return to her best self, the self she had lost in Albert, had begun."-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
9. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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10. The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin
By: Margaret Rhodes
3.87
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Eliz… read more
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11. The Painter's Daughters
By: Emily Howes
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more
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12. Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait
By: Gyles Brandreth
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer… read more
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13. Murder at Melrose Court (Heathcliff Lennox, #1)
By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
4.07
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction. It's 1920 a… read more
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14. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
By: Sally Bedell Smith
4.28
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more
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15. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
By: Joanne Paul
4.17
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more
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16. The Seven Men of Spandau: The Last of the Hitler Gang (Hitler's Henchmen)
By: Jack Fishman
4.27
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
The riveting story of what happened to the seven top Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of World W… read more
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17. My Mother and I
By: Ingrid Seward
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, by the esteemed royal b… read more
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18. The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided
By: Alexander Larman
3.95
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to w… read more
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19. On Duty With the Queen
By: Dickie Arbiter
3.99
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
In this wonderful and honest book, former press secretary to the royal family Dickie Arbiter reveal… read more
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"I had had a chance to get to know her, and in doing so began to understand the kind of person she was. In a word, she was complicated. If things were going her way, she was fine. If anything out of t…"-Dickie Arbiter, On Duty With the Queen
20. Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs
By: Iain Dale
4.36
Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition
'We all know about Queen Victoria, Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth II, but how much do we really kn… read more
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21. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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22. Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World
By: Sinclair McKay
4.01
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from… read more
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23. A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love (The Perfect Passion Company, #2)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.24
Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s many beloved series and romantic standalone novels, The Perfec… read more
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24. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)
By: Donna Leon
4.05
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more
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25. The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain
By: Martin Williams
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 w… read more
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26. Taking London: Winston Churchill and the Fight to Save Civilization
By: Martin Dugard
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with m… read more
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27. The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy
By: Christopher Warwick
4.12
Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition
Originally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of G… read more
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28. The Unlikely Duke: Memoirs of an eclectic life - from rock 'n' roll to Badminton House
By: Harry Beaufort
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
'Beaufort chronicles his unusual and rarified world with flashes of Wodehousian genius'. --- Jools … read more
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29. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
30. A Voyage Around the Queen
By: Craig Brown
4.08
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deepl… read more
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31. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
By: Ina Garten
4.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling co… read more
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