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Eleanor of Aquitaine was a remarkable woman. She was an important factor in the reign of four kings, lived to the ripe old age of 82, bore 10 children and outlived all but two of them. Her sons were kings of England and her daughters queens of Castile and Sicily, while her later descendants included a Holy Roman emperor and kings of France and Spain, as well as a couple of saints. In an age of men...

In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the ea kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begin the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portraved as both a wom...

On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, bu...

The excitement surrounding the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton has prompted four of Britain's top historical biographers to look closely at Royal Weddings. Each writer focuses on different areas of interest, from Medieval to the present day, and fascinating anecdotal details are revealed in the course of this most informative and entertaining overview.

Юная Катерина Грей, младшая сестра Джейн, королевы Англии, известной в истории как «Девятидневная королева», ждет от жизни только хорошего: она богата, невероятно красива и страстно влюблена в своего жениха, который также с нетерпением ждет дня их свадьбы. Но вскоре девушка понимает, что кровь Тюдоров, что течет в ее жилах, – самое настоящее проклятие. Она случайно находит дневник Катерины Плантаг...

Луи - кофевар, и он немного разбит после бывших отношений. Гарри - музыкант, весь теплый и светлый. Для восстановления жизни требуется время.

Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent–and dangerous–courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biography of this charismatic monarch been set against the cultural, social, and political background of his glittering court. Now Alison Weir, author of the finest royal chronicles of our time, b...

Britain's Royal Families is a unique reference book. It provides, for the first time in one volume, complete genealogical details of all members of the royal houses of England, Scotland and Great Britain - from AD 800 to the present. Here is the vital biographical information relating not only to each monarch, but also to every member of their immediate family, from parents to grandchildren. ...

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 centre of the book stands Henry VI, the pious king whose mental instability led to political chaos, a...

Veteran royal biographer Weir (Eleanor of Aquitaine) resurrects the life and times of the remarkable woman who was mistress and eventually the wife of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, third son of the charismatic and accomplished king of England, Edward III. Through John and Katherine Swynford descended centuries of British sovereigns, including Queen Elizabeth II. Weir makes use of meager contem...

Eleanor of Aquitaine was a remarkable woman. She was an important factor in the reign of four kings, lived to the ripe old age of 82, bore 10 children and outlived all but two of them. Her sons were kings of England and her daughters queens of Castile and Sicily, while her later descendants included a Holy Roman emperor and kings of France and Spain, as well as a couple of saints. In an age of men...

In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the ea kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begin the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portraved as both a wom...

On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, bu...

The excitement surrounding the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton has prompted four of Britain's top historical biographers to look closely at Royal Weddings. Each writer focuses on different areas of interest, from Medieval to the present day, and fascinating anecdotal details are revealed in the course of this most informative and entertaining overview.

Юная Катерина Грей, младшая сестра Джейн, королевы Англии, известной в истории как «Девятидневная королева», ждет от жизни только хорошего: она богата, невероятно красива и страстно влюблена в своего жениха, который также с нетерпением ждет дня их свадьбы. Но вскоре девушка понимает, что кровь Тюдоров, что течет в ее жилах, – самое настоящее проклятие. Она случайно находит дневник Катерины Плантаг...