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Marie Antoinette, ne hanedanin cizmeye calistigi gibi kutsal bir ilahi varlik, ne de ihtilalcilerin savundugu gibi düsmüs bir kadindi. Marie Antoinette, siradan biriydi. Bugün yasayan ve yarin yasayacak kadinlardan farkli degildi. Ne seytani düsünceleri, ne de kahramanlik duygulari vardi. Sözün kisasi bir trajedi kahramanina benzemiyordu.Bir dahi, cektigi acidan sorumlu degildir. Cünkü icinde tasidigi inanc, sonsuz gücünü gösterebilmesi icin o...

Catherine Parr ha soltanto sette anni quando il suo destino incrocia per la prima volta quello di Enrico VIII, il re d'Inghilterra divenuto celebre per aver incarnato lo spirito dell'assolutismo e aver rotto con la Chiesa di Roma. Bionda e con gli occhi azzurri, Cat - come tutti la chiamano - proviene da una famiglia della piccola nobiltà al seguito della regina Caterina d'Aragona. I due si incontrano durante un torneo che vede in gara il re d...

On "Alexandra": "Gifted...breathless...heartbreaking...Erickson excels." - "Chicago Tribune" "Entertaining...this accomplished historical biographer tells it with style and suspense." - "Publishers Weekly

Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome, but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill r...

Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in rural western America in the 1980s. What her neighbors and even her children don't know, is that she began her life as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. The Tsarina's Daughter centers around young Tania, who lives a life of incomparable luxury in pre-Revolutionary Russia, from the magnificence of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to the family's pri...

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Sharp and enjoyable new portraits of the English kings and queens.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a novel about the bitter rivalry between Queen Elizabeth I and her fascinating cousin, Lettice Knollys, for the love of one extraordinary man. Powerful and dramatic, this is the story of the only woman to ever stand up to the Virgin Queen-her own cousin, Lettice Knollys. Far more attractive than the queen, Lettice soon won the attention of the handsome and ambitiou...

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St. Martin's Griffin is proud to reissue acclaimed biographer Carolly Erickson's lives of the Tudor monarchs.In this full-scale popular biography of Henry VIII, Carolly Erickson re-creates the extravagant life and times of one of history's most complex and fascinating men.Based on voluminous records of the period, the story of Henry's life covers his troubled youth, his triumphant early reign, and his agonizing old age.Against the lively backd...

From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, "Royal Panoply" is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history. With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose, and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson focuses on each monarch's entire life---from the puny, socially awkward Charles I, to the choleric, violent William the Conqueror, to the well-meaning, deeply affec...

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Carolly Erickson smantella lo stereotipo di spietata tiranna cui Maria Tudor, la prima regina inglese, è da sempre condannata, per rivelarne la vera natura. Emerge così il ritratto contrastato di una donna infelice e sola quanto forte e combattiva, una regina rimasta troppo a lungo nell'ombra nella quale l'appellativo Sanguinaria l'ha relegata.

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A rich biography of "Bloody Mary" that exposes other themes in Mary Tudor's reign. Bearing extraordinary burdens, Mary ruled with full measure of the Tudor majesty and met the challenges of severe economic crises, rebellion, and religious upheaval capably and with courage. Photos.

This workbook is designed to help readers uncover and chart the story of their spiritual life. The book suggests methods to begin and continue the sometimes arduous work of unearthing the course of one's own spiritual path.

This captivating retelling of Marie Antoinette's life turns the tables by giving heart and mind to one of the most sensational, and maddeningly complex, historical figures of all time.