queens

A biography of Queen Victoria, tracing the ups and downs of her public image and the monarchy, and examining the turbulent politics of the time.

Discusses the importance in history of the queen who ruled England for sixty-four years and during whose reign Great Britain expanded its influence throughout the world.

An historical fiction depicting the life and reign of Lady Jane Grey, who finds herself in the middle of civil unrest that plagued the House of Tudor during the sixteenth century.

The story of Anne Boleyn, who so bewitched King Henry VIII that he put aside his wife to make Anne his bride.

Discusses the events, achievements, and failures of women rulers since 1328.

Recounts the lives of four wives of maharajas in India, discussing how each of them helped shape the emerging democratic society in India.

Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst became Empress Catherine II of Russia, an indomitable, feisty ruler who was very complex and became an infamous historical figure.

Presents a full-color illustrated study of over two thousand years of the British monarchy, and provides a history of the various rulers beginning with the pre-Roman era, early Anglo-Saxon period, the Norman conquest, and chapters on the Tudors, Stuarts, and Windsors.