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  • Gossamer Years

    The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

    Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu.This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses.Too impetuous to be ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Herod the Great

    Jewish King in a Roman World

    Series series Jewish Lives
    A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolutionHerod the Great (73–4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Crown & Sceptre

    A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

    by Tracy Borman ...
    An in-depth look at the British monarchy that’s “a superb synthesis of historical analysis, politics, and top-notch royal gossip” (Kirkus Reviews).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 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen

    The Untold Love Story

    by Evelyn Farr ...
    A new edition draws on fresh evidence from archive sources—including decoded secret correspondence—to peel back the layers of misinformation obscuring the Queen's great love affair and to reveal its impact on the destiny of the French Royal FamilyThe tragic life of Marie-Antoinette, last Queen of France, has assumed almost mythical proportions. A victim of political intrigue, she was known as the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life

    by Nigel Ashton ...
    A towering figure in the history of Jordan, King Hussein reigned for nearly half a century, from his grandfather’s assassination in 1953 to his own death in 1999. In this fascinating biography, Nigel Ashton recounts the eventful life of the king who not only survived but flourished amidst crisis after crisis as ruler of a poor desert nation surrounded by powerful and hostile neighbors. Hussein ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Dark Queens

    The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

    by Shelley Puhak ...
    National Bestseller“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”--Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden FiguresThe remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Private Lives of the Tudors

    Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty

    by Tracy Borman ...
    A history focused on the monarchs’ intimate daily lives that “furnishes readers with a ‘Hey, did you know…?’ on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review).England’s Tudor monarchs—Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I—are perhaps the most celebrated of history’s royal families. But for all we know about them, their lives away from the public eye remain largely beyond ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marie Antoinette

    The Portrait of an Average Woman

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 186,000 words, 14 illustrations)Originally published in 1932 and for decades since one of Stefan Zweig’s most popular biographies, this “portrait of an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom

    $17.99 USD

  • King Stephen

    by Edmund King ...
    Series series The English Monarchs Series
    This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135–1154), with its “nineteen long winters” of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping Stephen at the forefront of his account, the author also ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Henry VIII

    The Charismatic King who Reforged a Nation

    by Kathy Elgin ...
    This captivating biography of perhaps the most charismatic monarch of all time describes Henry's love affairs and life at the English Court together with his political wranglings, military campaigns, mood swings, and acts of murderous brutality. This fully illustrated book on the reign of Henry VIII focuses not only on his marital adventures, but also on his abilities as a politician, reformer, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II

    by Karen Dolby ...
    Series Book 4 - The Wicked Wit
    A beautiful collection celebrating the Queen’s humour, with amusing quotations and stories about royal life.When thinking of the Queen, our first image is one of dignity and authority. She is the very definition of majesty: the British monarch, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the head of the Commonwealth. But as anyone who knows her will tell you, in person she has awicked sense ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Elizabeth and Essex

    A Tragic History

    The romance of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux captures “the real drama of ambition, passion, and personality in the pageant of veracious history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).The author who helped to shape the modern biography turned his glorious prose and searing wit to one of the most famous romances in British history, that of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. As the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I

    The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History

    by Tracy Borman ...
    Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, ElizabethMuch of the fascination with Britain’s legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I’s rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Killers of the King

    The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I

    On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior officers captured at the castle. Yet still the king refused to accept he had lost the war. As France and other allies ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Peter the Great

    by Ian Grey ...
    "Ian Grey's Peter the Great reads like a novel . . ." - Louis Fischer. The first modern Russian was Peter the Great. In this enthralling biography of that remarkable ruler, award-winning historian Ian Grey paints an illuminating portrait - clear, objective, and without malice or sentimentality. Here we have, life-size, not only the great czar, but the man who fell in love with a peasant girl and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • King Arthur

    The tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are among the best-known stories in the world, but they are often relegated to the realm of legend. However, Arthur was a man, not a myth. In this book, acclaimed historian Christopher Hibbert vividly brings to life the sixth-century British monarch and his extraordinary court. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • King Alfred of England

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    The biography of Alfred the Great, the ninth-century king who fended off the Vikings and converted their leader to Christianity.King of Wessex from 871 to 886 AD, and king of the Anglo-Saxons until 899 AD, the man who would later be known as Alfred the Great saved his realm from the Vikings even as surrounding kingdoms fell to them. He then made the conversion of the Vikings’ leader, Guthrum, to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Catherine the Great

    by Ian Grey ...
    Catherine II of Russia was the most remarkable monarch of the eighteenth century. New York Times bestselling historian Ian Grey paints an illuminating portrait of an enigmatic woman of compelling charm and elegance. She had a prodigious appetite for work, great curiosity, and boundless ambition and vanity, and she was notorious for the number of her lovers. Her prodigal expenditures and patronage ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia: A History

    by Ian Grey ...
    The history of Russia is an epic of unending struggle. Here, from award-winning historian Ian Grey, is its dramatic story - from the establishment of the first ruling dynasty by a Viking prince to the invasions of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan to the rise of the tsars, whose domination of their country stretched nearly four centuries until the violent overthrow of Nicholas II in 1918. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Two Lives of Charlemagne

    Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Romanovs

    by Ian Grey ...
    The Romanov dynasty has dazzled, intrigued, and confused the world for more than three centuries. These extraordinary monarchs wielded absolute power over the vast, violent lands of Russia. Savagery and kindness, asceticism and opulence, piousness and cruelty existed side by side in the royal courts. New York Times bestselling historian Ian Grey threads his way through these turbulent centuries, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Edward III: The Perfect King

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    A look at the brutal, brilliant fourteenth-century ruler, by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England.Holding power for over fifty years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England’s most influential kings—and one who shaped the course of English history. Revered as one of the country’s most illustrious leaders for centuries, he was also a usurper and a warmonger ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queen of Scots

    The True Life of Mary Stuart

    by John Guy ...
    This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of GeorgianaIn the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than thirty years, John ... ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus