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"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich," Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history—that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family (Austin Chronicle).
Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets—Edward...
Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets—Edward...
4) My Anastasia
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Scholastic Canada
Pub. Date
c1999.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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English
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"Ariel Lawhon, a rising star in historical suspense, has set her sights on one of history's most beguiling mysteries: Did Anastasia Romanov survive the Russian Revolution, or was Anna Anderson, the woman who notoriously claimed her identity, an impostor?Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face...
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Distributed by Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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Disc 1: Examines the past, present and future of the royal romance between Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Disc 2: Uses specially shot and rarely seen footage to explore Camilla's sensational and intimate involvement with the very heart of the British monarchy.
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Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Investigates the evidence supporting the claim of Anna Anderson that she was, in reality, Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who was believed to have been executed along with the rest of her family by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
11) Romanov
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English
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Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov must choose between using the ancient spell her father, the exiled tsar, trusted her to keep safe, or trusting Zash, a handsome Bolshevik soldier.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Provides an inside look at Prince William and Kate Middleton, delving into their backgrounds, their meeting as students at the University of St Andrews, the ups and downs of their relationship, their engagement, and their wedding.
16) The duchess
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marrital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt...
17) Anastasia
Series
Studio classic volume 9
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
An expatriate White Russian general sets in motion a grand hoax after he meets a destitute woman on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. He is amazed at her resemblance to Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas of Russia, rumored to have somehow survived the Bolsheviks' execution of the Romanoff family in 1918. He trains her to impersonate the missing princess but soon begins to feel she may be the real Anastasia. Ultimately, the truth...
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English
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The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader.
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana...
Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter, Lucinda Hawksley delves into artistic and royal secrets to discover the life of Princess Louise, whose true story has either been lost in history or has been deliberately kept secret. The sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had a difficult childhood and troubled adolescence, a world away from the usual perception of the life of a privileged princess. For such a prominent public figure, much of...
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