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By: Carnarvon, The Countess of
Price: $6.00
Publisher: New York, Broadway: 2011
Our Product Number: 607493
ISBN: 0770435629
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,... View more info
By: Edwards, Anne
Price: $17.25
Publisher: New York, St Martins Pr: 2000
Edition: First American Edition
Our Product Number: 600223
ISBN: 0312253141
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. View more info
By: Ferguson, Sarah; Coplon, Jeff; Scovell, Jane; York, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, Duchess Of
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 600140
ISBN: 0684835819
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... View more info
By: Fraser, Antonia
Price: $6.84
Publisher: New York, Anchor: 2001
Our Product Number: 607523
ISBN: 0307277747
Condition: Near Fine
Scratch on front cover. Genealogical table . 512 pages View more info
By: Fraser, Flora
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2005
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 605402
ISBN: 0679451188
Condition: Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket
Previous owner's name on free front end page. 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 with her mother; home-loving, family-minded Augusta; plump Elizabeth, a gifted amateur artist; Mary, the bland beauty of the family; Sophia, emotional ... View more info
By: Goldstone, Nancy
Price: $13.50
Publisher: New York, Walker & Company: 2009
Edition: First US Edition
Our Product Number: 608272
ISBN: 0802716709
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 View more info
By: Leigh, Wendy
Price: $11.50
Publisher: New York, Pocket Books: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 601347
ISBN: 0671028251
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... View more info
By: Massie, Robert K
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Quality Paperback Book Club: (1967) 1997
Edition: Book Club Edition
Our Product Number: 603040
Condition: Near Fine
Center crease to spine. Bibliog., Genealogical tables, index . 584 pages View more info
Price: $8.99
Publisher: New York, Book-Of-The-Month Club: 1990
Our Product Number: 604559
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. View more info
By: Weir, Alison
Price: $8.00
Publisher: London, Vintage Books: 2008
Our Product Number: 605966
ISBN: 0099532425
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... View more info
By: Worsley, Lucy
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA: 2007
Edition: First US Edition
Our Product Number: 606820
ISBN: 1596913584
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 ... View more info
