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In this compelling biography about the life of the legendary Queen Marie of Romania, Hannah Pakula tells the story of one of the most famous and beautiful heroines and royal celebrities of her time.Following the timeline of her life from birth through her joining the ranks of European aristocracy and her marriage to the Crown Prince of Romania, this biography paints a colorful portrait of the famous Queen Marie, one of the most celebrated lead...

Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China.

The life of Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm.

With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2, 000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taipei. Praised by China scholar Jonathan Spence for "an impressive amount of telling material, drawn f...

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Los Angeles Times Book Award FinalistAn epic story of wars and revolutions, of the rise and fall of royal families, and of the birth of modern Germany is brilliantly told through the lives of the couple in the eye of the storm: Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Crown Princess Vicky, and her handsome, idealistic husband, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, th...