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Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Read by David Mitchell. A funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame. Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. Taking us right back to King Arthur...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best 'Compelling...

From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied personal bonds with thirteen U.S. presidents—Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bush Sr. and Jr., Clinton, Obama, Trump, and Biden—that other diplomats and leaders could only dream of.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour – secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Gareth Russell’s history...

Northumbria, AD 864. Viking warlord Ragnar Lothbrok is captured and killed in brutal fashion, an event that will shape the future of the nation for decades to come. Mercia, AD 868. Alfred, son of Wessex and heir to the throne, draws his first blood on the battlefield. It will not be his last. A devastating scourge from the north is coming to Britain, one that will bring armies and entire kingdoms to their knees. Travelling along the whale road in their feared longships, the Great Heathen Army move fast, striking with a savagery unmatched, in a seemingly unstoppable tide of blood and iron.

I den första delen av två om Sveriges konung Gustav Vasa behandlas tiden mellan hans födelse 1496 och fram till 1540. Vi får följa hans barndom, genom upproret mot danskarna i Dalarna fram till hans kröning den 6 juni 1523. Vidare genom reformationen, reduktionen och alla uppror mot honom, genomförda av de som inte gillade hans styre och önskan om förändring. Vid den första delens slut är relationen med Danmark mycket ansträngd, något som snart kom att leda till konflikt.

Kun prinssi ja näyttelijätär tapaavat sokkotreffeillä, on ilmassa kipinöitä. Harry ja Meghan aloittavat suhteensa salassa, mutta uutiset leviävät pian ja pariskunta joutuu lehdistön suurennuslasin alle. Avioliiton solmiminen ja hulppea hääseremoniakaan eivät rauhoita tilannetta toivotulla tavalla. Meghan ei tunnu sopeutuvan kuninkaallisen perheen jäseneksi, ja äitinsä kohtaloa sureva Harry pelkää historian toistavan itseään...

Kun prinsessa Elisabet on kymmenenvuotias, hänen kohtalonsa muuttuu dramaattisesti. Elisabetin setä, kuningas Edward VIII, luopuu kruunusta viedäkseen vihille eronneen Wallis Simpsonin, ja Elisabetin isä, Yrjö IV, nousee äkkiarvaamatta kuninkaaksi. Elisabetista tulee siten Britannian imperiumin perillinen, ja isän menehdyttyä ennenaikaisesti on Elisabetin vuorostaan ryhdyttävä kuningattareksi. Vasta 25-vuotias Elisabet saa kantaakseen raskaan velvollisuuksien taakan: hänen on asetettava kruunun ja valtakunnan hyvinvointi kaiken muun edelle.

19-vuotiaan Diana Spencerin elämä on kuin satua: hän on kihloissa kruununprinssi Charlesin kanssa ja tulevaisuus näyttää loistavalta. Pilvilinnat romahtavat kuitenkin ylellisten häiden jälkeen, ja Diana huomaa pian, että satu on muuttumassa painajaiseksi, jolle ei näy loppua. Charles ei pysty luopumaan elämänsä rakkaudesta Camilla Parker Bowlesista, ja nuori Diana tuntee jäävänsä aivan yksin jäykän monarkian armoille.

'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' Economist It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary...

När Elizabeth är tio år gammal tar hennes liv en drastisk vändning. Hennes farbror, kung Edward VIII, abdikerar för att gifta sig med den frånskilda Wallis Simpson, och Elizabeths far blir kung. Den unga prinsessan blir plötsligt tronarvinge till det brittiska imperiet. Redan vid 25 års ålder blir Elizabeth drottning då hennes far dör i förtid och hon måste ta på sig pliktens tunga börda och sätta kronans välfärd före allt annat.

En prins og en skuespillerinde mødes på en blind date. Det slår gnister imellem dem, og snart efter indleder de et hemmeligt forhold. Men da nyheden slipper ud, vil pressens nærgående historier ingen ende tage. De bliver gift ved en overdådig ceremoni, men brylluppet er ikke starten på det lange, lykkelige liv, som parret havde håbet på. Meghan har svært ved at finde sig tilpas som medlem af kongefamilien, og Harry frygter, at hans mors ulykkelige skæbne vil gentage sig.

Da Elizabeth er 10 år gammel, tager hendes liv en drastisk drejning. Hendes onkel, kong Edvard VIII, abdicerer for at gifte sig med den fraskilte Wallis Simpson, og Elizabeths far bliver konge. Den unge prinsesse bliver med ét tronarving til Det Britiske Imperium. Allerede som 25-årig bliver Elizabeth dronning, da hendes far dør en alt for tidlig død, og hun må påtage sig pligtens tunge byrde og sætte Kronens ve og vel frem for alt andet. DEN UVENTEDE DRONNING er første del af to om dronning Elizabeth II’s lange og omskiftelige liv.

En prins och en skådespelerska träffas på en blind date. Det slår gnistor mellan dem, och snart inleder de ett hemligt förhållande. Men när nyheterna kommit ut är pressen obeveklig i sin granskning. Paret gifter sig under en överdådig ceremoni, men bröllopet är inte början på det långa och lyckliga liv som paret hade hoppats på. Meghan har svårt att finna sig till rätta som medlem av kungafamiljen och Harry fruktar att hans mors olyckliga öde ska upprepas.

The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers, needed it most. An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more...

Household names nominate leaders from the past for BBC Radio 4's Great Lives Since its inception in 2001, Great Lives has been one of Radio 4's most popular programmes, presented by Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock and Matthew Parris. The format is simple, but compelling: each...

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 Times Book of the Year 2018 Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. The bloody, devastating civil wars set family against family, friend against...

In this incredible companion to the second and third seasons of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political and personal moments and the effect they had not only on the royal family but also on the world around them.

Buckingham Palace, 1981. Her engagement to Prince Charles is a dream come true for Lady Diana Spencer, but marrying the heir to the throne is not all that it seems. Alone and bored in the palace, she resents the stuffy courtiers who are intent on instructing her about her new role as princess of Wales. But when she discovers a diary written in the 1800s by Princess Charlotte of Wales, a young woman born into a gilded cage so like herself, Diana is drawn into the story of Charlotte’s reckless love affairs and fraught relationship with her father, the prince regent.

As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before. One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure. But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court. He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking.