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A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions. The fall from popular grace of the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne as a consequence of his marriage to a beautiful and dynamic Hollywood starlet of colour makes for fascinating listening in best-selling royal author Lady Colin Campbell's balanced account. Lady Colin knows her royal history and psychology, and as the first seven years of her adult life were spent in the USA, she has a foot in both the American and British camps.

Who was the real Diana? What was it like to be so privileged yet so anguished, so beloved yet so self-loathing, so spoiled yet so despairing? The Princess of Wales was all these things--far more complicated, conflicted, and intriguing a person than the wildly disparate saint or lunatic she is frequently portrayed to be.

Considerada como la princesa contemporánea más recordada de la monarquía inglesa, la historia de Diana de Gales tratará sobre un personaje muy diferente al prototipo real. Casada con el príncipe Carlos, hijo de la reina Isabel II, la princesa Diana vivió una corta pero placentera vida siendo parte de la monarquía inglesa. Madre de los herederos actuales al trono, la vida de la princesa Diana se caracterizó por su frecuente trabajo social y humanitario hasta su misteriosa muerte bajo una oscura noche parisina.

Phantom Lady chronicles the untold story of Hollywood’s most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940s. In 1933 Joan Harrison was a 26-year-old former salesgirl with a dream of escaping her stodgy London suburb and the dreadful prospect of settling down with one of the local boys. A few short years later, she was Alfred Hitchcock’s confidante and the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of his first American film, Rebecca. Harrison had quickly grown from being the worst secretary Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators.

The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. This misfortune touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of England, the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her deployment of royal female agency.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. One of the most...

Lady Majestic is a passionate, sensual woman who isn't afraid to express her sexuality, thoughts and emotions.Join her as she shares random blogs on everything from dating to movie recommendations all with the thought of giving you , her single woman by choice point of view.Lady Majestic is a retired psychiatrist ,whose life story, is what the Sex Time Stories Podcast Series, In Too Deep was loosely based on.Show airs randomly or whenever the lady has something to share.ttmproductions@outlook.com

LADY DI, como la prensa comenzó a llamar a Lady Diana Spencer, fue la primera esposa del entonces príncipe de Gales y futuro rey de Inglaterra, Carlos, hijo de la reina Isabel II. Tras un complicado matrimonio, marcado por el estricto protocolo real y el constante acoso de la mirada pública, decidió redefinir su propio destino. Con su calidez, empatía y cercanía humanizó a la monarquía, abrazando causas humanitarias y sensibilizando al mundo sobre temas como el vih, la pobreza y la desactivación de minas antipersonales.

A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to...

The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience. She inspired songs—Leon Russell wrote “A Song for You” and “Delta Lady” for her, Stephen Stills wrote “Cherokee...

Michelle Huntington's dream of flight took root at the age of seven—and, against all odds, she became one of just 500 female airline captains worldwide. Over two decades, she’s flown solo across vast oceans, landed on rugged outback strips, and even survived a lightning strike mid-flight.

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages. When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper...

A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again. When Marion Barter disappeared in 1997, police initially dismissed it as the actions of a divorced mother abandoning her family. In this book, the creators of the addictive global hit...

Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissident fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Coningsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist?

Lady Butterfly, c’est un espace intime, doux et sincère.Un endroit pour ceux qui ne savent pas toujours qui ils sont, mais qui avancent quand même. Ici, on parle d’amour, de confiance, de littérature, de transformation, de ces petits riens qui nous bousculent et nous construisent.Parce qu’on n’a pas besoin d’être ancré pour exister.On peut voler, tomber, se relever, se transformer… comme un papillon.Bienvenue dans Lady Butterfly, ton amie du bout des oreilles. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Apprentissage et transformation : Lady Whistledhorne décrypte pourquoi apprendre est si difficile (et comment le rendre plus simple). 🎙️ LE FORMAT : Un podcast en 2 temps (10-12 min/episode) : Une scène de "blocage" • L'explication psychologique et cognitive claire. 🗣️ POUR QUI ? Pour tous ceux qui apprennent. • Vous paniquez face à un nouvel outil ? • Vous accompagnez quelqu'un qui bloque ? • Vous vous demandez pourquoi certains "captent" et d'autres "galèrent" ? (Reconversion, manager, parent, curieux...). 💡 VOUS DÉCOUVRIREZ : Pourquoi votre cerveau "plante" • ...

J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.

In a series of skillfully drawn biographical portraits, United States Senator and bestselling author Kay Bailey Hutchison examines the lives of sixty-three pioneers in military service, journalism, public health, social reform, science, and politics—all American women. Mixing historical...

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.