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Now a major motion picture starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the gre ...more on ebook "The Duchess..."

Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars, she was exhausted b ...more on ebook "Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy ..."

'I'd like to be Queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts'--Princess Diana

This narrative is a biography of the late Princess Diana in six chapters. It highlights her pop ...more on ebook "The Beauty Of Diana..."

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside bec ...more on ebook "Cleopatra..."

Early Kings of Norway ...more on ebook "Early Kings of Norway..."

The life of Taj al-Saltana, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era.Overcoming her limited education within the harem walls,Ta ...more on ebook "Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Pers..."

Not only are Marguerite's memoirs a history of the Court of France during seventeen momentous years (1565-82) documenting the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day and the religious struggles wh ...more on ebook "The Entire Memoirs of Marguerite de..."

The Empress Dowager Cixi (1835 - 1908) brought destruction to the Qing Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in the long history of China. Written with charm, this book is a delightful exploratio ...more on ebook "Empress Dowager Cixi (ebook)..."

A readable and absorbing account of the great Emperor Justinian detailing the social structure of sixth-century Byzantium and Justinian's wars which restored Italy, Africa and part of Spain ...more on ebook "The Age of Justinian..."

Sweeping and scandalous, rich and compellingly readable, here is the first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess o ...more on ebook "Privilege and Scandal..."