Reprints the 1918 diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra, providing insight into her thoughts about her children, her husband Tsar Nicholas, and the revolution sweeping Russia; covering a period that ranges from January 1 until the night of her death in July.
Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Mehrunnisa, a sixteenth-century empress of India whose love helped shape the course of the Mughal empire in the seventeenth century.
A fictional account of the life of Tsu Hsi, known as Empress Orchid, telling of her rise to power in China, and the political skills that allowed her to remain in a position of leadership for more than four decades.
Josephine is witness to futher battles and scandal of the Revolution. Napoleon is victorious in his wars, and is elevated in popularity. Soon, after more scandal, the Directors of the Revolution are overcome and Josephine and Napoleon are the new leaders of France. This novel ends with the couple moving in to the palace.
Tzu Hsi, otherwise known as Orchid, becomes the lover, and eventually the wife of the king, and after a coup that deposes her husband, she is left in charge of a troubled country until her son comes of age.
