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Royal insider Lady Colin Campbell was the first to predict the Waleses' separation and divorce, in her international bestseller, Diana in Private. People magazine said of it: 'Some Palace watchers note that she has an impressive roster of well-placed contacts and credit her with writing the most believable Diana biography'; while Lynn Barber, in the Daily Telegraph, called it 'Jaw-droppingly sensational'. The Real Diana contains startling new revelations
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Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The...
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Extrait : "La chute de la dynastie carolingienne n'est pas une de ces révolutions qui semblent devenues inévitables. Hugue Capet n'a dû la royauté ni à son habileté, ni à son courage, ni à un irrésistible mouvement d'opinion."
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Princess Diana is loved by everyone but why? What did she do to be loved by the world? Read on to discover important details of her wonderful life. Hopefully, the knowledge of how she lived will influence your child as she grows. But other than the lessons, this book will also teach your child vocabulary, spelling and comprehension. Secure a copy today!
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This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation - a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to brutally sweep aside an entire way of life. The most famous and influential of the victims were the two people closest to Henry VIII. His mentor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a great churchman and a diplomat of consummate skill. The other was to be the Kings second wife, Anne...
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La série en sept tomes, Les-Bourbons.
Club, vous présente son quatrième opus sur les rois Bourbons qui ont marqué l'Histoire
Orphelin à l'âge de 2 ans, Louis XV succède à son arrière-grand-père à la tête du Royaume à l'âge de cinq ans et prend officiellement la direction du gouvernement en 1715, à l'âge de treize ans. Son règne, jusqu'en 1774, dura plus de cinquante-huit ans. Malgré quelques grands succès militaires sur le continent,...
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Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most secretive countries. Now, Susanne Koelbl, award-winning journalist for the German news magazine Der Spiegel, unveils many secrets of this mysterious kingdom. For years she traveled the Middle East, and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country's founding. She has cultivated relationships on every level of Saudi society and is equally at ease with ultra-conservative Wahhabi preachers,...
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La série en sept tomes, Les-Bourbons.Club, vous présente son sixième opus sur les rois Bourbons qui ont marqué l'Histoire
Louis XVIII est roi de France et de Navarre de 1814 à 1815 puis de 1815 à sa mort, le 16 septembre 1824. Frère cadet de Louis XVI, il revient en France lors de la Première Restauration, période de l'histoire française qui voit brièvement le retour de la dynastie des Bourbons sur le trne, entre l'abdication de Napoléon...
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The inside story of The Queen's Marriage from renowned royal author Lady Colin Campbell contains previously undisclosed revelations.
In this new book royal historian Lady Colin Campbell covers The Queen's Marriage in intimate detail. Using her connections and impeccable sources she recounts details of the inside story of the monarch's relationship with the Duke of Edinburgh and her close family.
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La série en sept tomes, Les-Bourbons.
Club, vous présente son cinquième opus sur les rois Bourbons qui ont marqué l'Histoire
Louis XVI est le dernier roi de France de la période dite de l'Ancien Régime et le dernier d'entre eux à avoir habité le château de Versailles. Il succède à son grand-père Louis XV en 1774. Dauphin de France à la mort de son père, marié à Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, il monte sur le trne à l'âge de dix-neuf...
11) Crown & sceptre: a new history of the British monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
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"Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the...
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