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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

By: Carnarvon, The Countess of

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Broadway: 2011

Seller ID: 607493

ISBN: 0770435629

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages of b/w photos. Bibliography, index.. 310 pages. The real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey , Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war. Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart, Lady Cora Crawley,...
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Ever After: Diana and the Life She Led

By: Edwards, Anne

Price: $17.25

Publisher: New York, St Martins Pr: 2000

Seller ID: 600223

ISBN: 0312253141

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

B/w photos, index. Black boards with spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Stated First U. S. Edition: May 2000 with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372 pages. A sympathetic portrait of Princess Diana includes the author's pessimistic predictions during Charles and Diana's highly publicized wedding, cites young Diana's determination to make her father proud, and describes Diana the woman's resourcefulness and recklessness.
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My Story

By: Ferguson, Sarah; Coplon, Jeff; Scovell, Jane; York, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, Duchess Of

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1996

Seller ID: 600140

ISBN: 0684835819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

B/w & color photos, index. Cream boards with black spine imprrinted in gold. Dust jacket protected in a removable Brodart cover. First Printing with full number line. 32 pages of black and white and color photographs. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 306 pages. In My Story, The Duchess of York writes about what it was like to be a member of the most famous and most scrutinized family in the world: Britain's Royal Family. In a voice that is warm, strong, and always rueful, she tells of the events that catapulted "a country girl" into a fairy-tale existence, and about the da...
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey

By: Fraser, Antonia

Price: $6.84

Publisher: New York, Anchor: 2001

Seller ID: 607523

ISBN: 0307277747

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Scratch on front cover. Genealogical table . 512 pages
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III

By: Fraser, Flora

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2005

Seller ID: 605402

ISBN: 0679451188

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket

Previous owner's name on free front end page. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Burgundy boards with burgundy spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Deckle-edged pages. Genealogical table. 496 pages. From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, a brilliant group biography of the six daughters of “Mad” King George III.
Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions and beyond, illuminating the complicated lives of these exceptional women: Princess Royal, the eldest, constantly at odds wit...
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The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily

By: Goldstone, Nancy

Price: $13.50

Publisher: New York, Walker & Company: 2009

Seller ID: 608272

ISBN: 0802716709

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Black boards with title and author in gilt on spine; Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2; Genealogical tables and maps; color illustrations. 365 pages
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Edward Windsor: Royal Enigma: The True Story of the 7th In Line to the British Throne

By: Leigh, Wendy

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, Pocket Books: 1999

Seller ID: 601347

ISBN: 0671028251

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

0.97 x 9.58 x 6.47 Inches. 272 pages. A source of endless public fascination, the British royal family garners headlines on an almost daily basis. Only one member has eluded intense scrutiny -- until now. When the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II of England, Prince Edward, announced on January 6 of this year that he would wed his longtime girlfriend, Sophie Rhys-Jones, the world took notice. The last of the Queen's children to marry, Edward has "delighted" his parents with the news. But Buckingham Palace has seen the other royal children's marriages end in divorce...will Edward's b...
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Nicholas And Alexandra

By: Massie, Robert K

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Quality Paperback Book Club: (1967) 1997

Seller ID: 603040

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Center crease to spine. Bibliog., Genealogical tables, index . 584 pages
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Catherine of Aragon

By: Mattingly, Garrett

Price: $8.99

Publisher: New York, Book-Of-The-Month Club: 1990

Seller ID: 604559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Genealogical table. Protected in a removable archival cover. . 477 pages. For 24 Years she was the wife of Henry VIII. England loved her; Henry loved, respected, and finally feared her. Wolsey hated her. Twice she saved England, once from invasion, once from civil war. Here is one of those rare books, brilliantly readable and buttressed by scholarship and research, which make you see history through new eyes.
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Henry VIII: King and Court

By: Weir, Alison

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Vintage Books: 2008

Seller ID: 605966

ISBN: 0099532425

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slight spine crease. Genealogical tables. 656 pages. This magnificent new book is Alison Weir's greatest achievement: a detailed biography of Henry VIII, set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most magnificent court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. Seen from this new perspective, Henry VIII emerges as a fully-rounded and realistic personality, not the two-dimensional caricature of popular misconception. This book is not just an entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence...
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Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses

By: Worsley, Lucy

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA: 2007

Seller ID: 606820

ISBN: 1596913584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Genealogical table . 332 pages. William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He was both courageous and cultured. His passions were architecture, horses, and women. And, along with the whole courtly world of King Charles I and his cavaliers, he was doomed to failure. Cavendish was a master of manège (the art of teaching horses to dance) and obsessed with building beautiful houses in the latest style. He taught Charles I's son to ride, and was the general of the king's army in the north during the Civil War. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into ...
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