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Queen Victoria

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

For more than 60 years Queen Victoria presided over 20 governments, and a country undergoing profound economic, social and political change. This biography brings Victoria and her ministers vividly to life, as well as all those whom the Queen came to know, to love, dislike, revere or denigrate.
Author : Queen Victoria by Christopher Hibbert
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6388434
Price : £8.03
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

Charles

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

The Prince of Wales has long been the subject of intense scrutiny and speculation. Drawing on interviews with those closest to the Prince, the Princess and Camilla Parker Bowles, Penny Junor explains the popular myths about the world’s most famous “menage a trois”.
Author : Charles by Penny Junor
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6530249
Price : £4.01
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

The Queen

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

This biography looks at the social, political and psychological aspects of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign in detail, as well as at the changing role of monarchy in the British Constitution.
Author : The Queen by Ben Pimlott
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7114362
Price : £6.69
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

At Home with the Queen

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past and present. Buckingham Palace is effectively an independent kingdom with its own rules and customs, now explained in this book by Brian Hoey.
Author : At Home with the Queen by Brian Hoey
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7126190
Price : £6.02
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

Elizabeth

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Elizabeth I of England is a bundle of contradictions, but with this biography the author aims to turn the paradox into a person. Starting with her own speeches and writings, he emphasizes her faith and her sophisticated education, which had great bearing on her approach to politics.
Author : Elizabeth by David Starkey, Patricia Hodge
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 715478
Price : £9.37
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

The Lilac Days

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

The story of a secret affair that would have rocked the establishment and changed the course of history. This series of letters, photographs and first-hand accounts is a true story of forbidden love and inevitable tragedy between Princess Diana’s grandfather Lord Fermoy and an ordinary American woman.
Author : The Lilac Days by Gavan Naden, Max Riddington
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7198639
Price : £11.84
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

The Way We Were

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Paul Burrell pays tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales in this celebration of her life. From the inside, he takes the reader into Kensington Palace and the extraordinary life she led.
Author : The Way We Were by Paul Burrell
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7246366
Price : £15.00
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies