Royalty from Gilt Edge Books

42 pp. The book opens with ' A message from His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales'. Single full-page color portraits of : His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother grace this book. A Coronation photo in color and other family… Ler mais sobre este item

Second Impression Aug 1965. The author ('an expert on Royalty') traces the effects of a strange legacy and we follow the Queen Mother's own personal story in astonishingly little known detail. Here is her delightful family upbringing at St. Paul's Walden Bury, the source of her deep religious convictions, her life in a wartime hospital, her fun with the… Ler mais sobre este item

James Brough explores the childhood of Princess Margaret, her reign as the star of the glittering whirl of post-war London, the private heartbreak of her two star-crossed romances - and uncovers the cruel secret that has transformed the beguiling little princess into a truly tragic princess - and an unexpectedly gallant woman. From fairy princess to lonely middle-aged woman, Princess… Ler mais sobre este item

James Whitaker - premier authority on the world of British Royalty and aristocracy. The full inside story of Diana, Charles and their doomed union is revealed by the one person uniquely qualified to tell the lurid and fascinating tale of royal romance, rivalry and scandal. Two sections of photographs present. All in colour on heavier semi-gloss stock. An index is… Ler mais sobre este item

Princess Michael of Kent is no stranger to controversy. In this biography, Barry Everingham resolves the mass of puzzles and contradictions that surround the Princess born the Baroness von Reibnitz, christened Marie Christine and called by some MC. The most controverial member of the royal family. A generous list of illustrations provided....photographs in b/w and also a section devoted to… Ler mais sobre este item

Written in affectionate tribute to a great lady, "Queen Mother" looks back at the life of the Queen Mother and the part she has played in establishing the House of Windsor in the hearts and minds of its subjects. Lacey's text is accompanied by more than a hundred full-color portraits by such artists and photographers as Agustus John, Cecil Beaton,… Ler mais sobre este item

Published By Authority of The Lord Chamberlain, 1953. Illustrated card covers. 47+1pp. Contents include: List of Kings and Queens 1066 to 1952, Historical Introduction, Tour of the Castle, Great Park, Home Park, Royal Borough of Windsor and Eton College. List of illustrations. Several full page b/w photos plus sketch map of Windsor Great Park. Well illustrated cover, art… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Doubleday, 1991. On the eve of her sixty-fifth birthday, and at the golden summit of her reign, here at last is the definitive biography of the world's renowned monarch and the richest woman, and of her controversial husband H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A vivid and surprising portrait of the royal couple is painted by… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. From the end of the First World War - the beginning of "modern" England - through the present day, Lacey provides a brilliant portrayal of a family and their kingdom: George V, Edward VIII, the King who forsook his crown 'for the woman he loved' and so plunged Great Britain into the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: W.H.Allan 1967 (1967) The first authentic full-length study of Princess Alexandra of Kent...a lively, revealing and fully informative book. The author chronicles Princess Alexandra from the "abdication baby" of Belgrave Square to her ideally happy married life at Thatched House Lodge. A section of photographs present. Blue boards with gilt title print to spine. Bookplate to fep, name… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1958. The life of Sarah Churchill (1660-1744) spanned six reigns. Like a character in historical fiction, she married a conqueror and ruled a queen.... and that was only the beginning. A generous list of illustrations provided (24 pages of half-tone illustrations). Also provided is a "Titles and Connections" table. Blue boards with gilt to… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: F.D. Goodchild Company. (1921) Book VG. Frontispiece: "Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Royal Family. From the picture of F. Winterhalter at Buckingham Palace." Ten chapters, bibliography and index. A list of illustrations provided...all present and in excellent condition. Illustrations on heavy semi-gloss paper. Red cloth boards, black title print to spine. Spine sunned but title print… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. An intimate and authoritative biography published to coincide with the Queen Mother's ninetieth birthday in August, 1990. Containing much exclusive, first-hand material and drawing on the reminiscences of people close to this most popular of royal ladies, such as her Private Secretary, her racing trainer, Her Lady-In-Waiting, as well as three former prime ministers,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1990. To coincide with Princess Margaret's sixtieth birthday, expert royal commentator Paul James has written a thoroughgoing and impartial biographical study of the controversial Princess. This book will provide the reader with a compelling insight into the public and private worlds of one of the strongest and most colourful characters in the royal family.… Ler mais sobre este item

W.E. Scull (1910) 473pp. Profusely illustrated. . Frontispiece is that of Edward VII. Preface by J. Castell Hopkins. Table of contents...twenty-eight chapters in which the reader will receive a permanent impression of the career and character of one who has been at once a popular prince, a great king, a worthy head of the British Empire and of… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Musson, 1983. The author presents a fresh and coherent portrait of the Queen by describing the development of her character and the evolution of her style of monarchy. Through interviews with a great many of those who have served her or known her - both past and present - a picture emerges of Elizabeth II as wife and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Country Life Books/HAmlyn 1977 Eleventh Impression. The author carefully documents the key events that lead up to Elizabeth's accession to the throne on 6th February 1952, and then he presents his analysis of the twenty-five year reign. He also provides a series of fascinating profiles of Prince Philip, the Royal children, and the Queen Mother. Over… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1991. Although Wallis is a novel, it has been impeccably researched. Edwards, who is a respected biographer has slowly uncovered this portrait of Wallis during her years of royal study, interviews and friendships with the many of the book's major characters. Before her third marriage, she was Wallis Wakefield Spencer Simpson.… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1989. The four week visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the late spring of 1939. Starting from Quebec City, the King and Queen criss-crossed the continent, over the Prairies to Vancouver Island, back again through Southwestern Ontario, then four memorable days in the United States, up into the Maritimes, a brief visit to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Simon & Schuster 1989 (Reprinted 1989) This is the inside story of a legendary romance, a famous family and the world's most glamorous country, the principality of Monaco. It is also the public and private story of a remarkable woman and the legacy she has left after 26 years as Grace Kelly, American Movie Star, and 26 years… Ler mais sobre este item