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22) The Black prince
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2017
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As a child he was given his own suit of armour; in 1346, at the age of 16, he helped defeat the French at Crecy; and in 1356 he captured the King of France at Poitiers. For the chronicler Jean Froissart, 'He was the flower of all chivalry'; for the Chandos Herald, who fought with him, he was 'the embodiment of all valour'. Edward of Woodstock, eldest son and heir of Edward III of England, better known as 'the Black Prince', was England's pre-eminent...
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ISIS
Pub. Date
2011
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On 16th November 2010, the long-awaited engagement of HRH Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton was formally announced, with a London wedding promised for April 2011. Here, Andrew Morton presents a full-length biography of William and his new bride.
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Pub. Date
2020
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For over 70 years, Prince Philip has been the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy has too often gone largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb biography of the Duke of Edinburgh, we get the chance to read the full story of his remarkable life and achievements. We see how such a man of action has never wavered. He's always been there for the Queen. Two steps behind. The TV series 'The Crown' has helped...
26) Throne of glass
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A Throne of Glass Novel volume 1
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A young assassin serving a life sentence for her crimes is given a chance to regain her freedom by representing the prince in a fight-to-the-death tournament.
27) The Black Prince of Florence: the spectacular life and treacherous times of Alessandro de' Medici
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The Bodley Head
Pub. Date
2016
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'The Black Prince of Florence' is a dramatic tale of assassination, spying and betrayal in the opulent, cut-throat world of Renaissance Italy.
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Coronet
Pub. Date
2021
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This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What...
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Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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The success story of the British royal family can be laid at the door of Prince Albert, who, after his death in 1861, turned into a man who could do no wrong. His statues were to be seen all over the Empire. Albert Halls, Albert Squares, Albert Streets filled every English-speaking town, and many of the towns in India. In this exhaustively researched and definitive biography, A.N. Wilson reveals Prince Albert to be a man of prodigious gifts. Not only...
33) Albert: a life
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I.B. Tauris
Pub. Date
2012
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A biography of Albert, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria. A social and cultural visionary in his own right, he was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld but defined the culture and direction of 19th-century Britain more than any other British royal or politician.
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William Collins
Pub. Date
2020
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The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men? From royal insider, biographer and historian Robert Lacey, this book reveals the untold details of William and Harry's closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures - one burdened with the responsibility...
35) Spare
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Pub. Date
2023
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Before losing his mother Diana, twelve-year-old Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled with anger, with loneliness - and, blaming the press for his mother's death, with life in the spotlight. Whilst the discipline of the British Army gave him structure, he soon felt more lost than ever. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple's romance and rejoiced...
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Sutton
Pub. Date
2007
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Did Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower, survive his imprisonment? This book presents an original and intriguing scenario. It gives an entirely different line of investigation and offers a solution to one of the enduring mysteries in English history and a final exoneration for Richard III.
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Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021
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On a still March day in 1940, a sporting hero perished. He had lived fast and died young, as a flyer on the rugby field and as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, killed in the service of his adopted country. He was a refugee from a noble family in Russia who fought to be accepted as, and live the life of, a quintessential Englishman. His story is unmatched in sporting history for its agony and ecstasy, dislocation and vindication, love and loss. This...
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Hodder
Pub. Date
2022
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On a still March day in 1940, a sporting hero perished. He had lived fast and died young, as a flyer on the rugby field and as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, killed in the service of his adopted country. He was a refugee from a noble family in Russia who fought to be accepted as, and live the life of, a quintessential Englishman. His story is unmatched in sporting history for its agony and ecstasy, dislocation and vindication, love and loss. This...