Wallis in Love
£9.99Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson.
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George V
£30.00The lasting reputation of George V is for dullness. He was a crack shot, and an outstanding stamp collector, but that’s about it. The flamboyance and hedonism of his father, Edward VII, defined an era whose influence and magnetism is still felt today. The contrast between the two could hardly be greater.But is that really all there was to King George, a monarch who faced a series of crises thought to be the most testing faced by any twentieth-century British sovereign? As Tommy Lascelles, one of George’s most senior advisors, put it: ‘He was dull, beyond dispute – but my God, his reign never had a dull moment.’ Jane Ridley is one of the finest royal biographers, celebrated for her research, highly entertaining style, and piercing insights. How this supposedly limited man managed to steer the crown through so many perils and adapt a Victorian institution to the modern world is a great story in itself.
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Elizabeth II
£32.50A lively and affectionate celebration of Queen Elizabeth II and a beautiful visual record of her reign over the past 20 years and leading up to her platinum jubilee, captured by the lens of royal photographer Chris Jackson, whose unique access to the monarch provides bold and intimate photographs.
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George III
£35.00Andrew Roberts’s biography takes entirely the opposite view. It convincingly portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour and duty.
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The Secret Royals
£25.00Based on original research and new evidence, ‘The Secret Royals’ reveals how far their Majesties still call the shots in a hidden world and presents the British monarchy in an entirely new light.
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The Tudors in Love
£20.00The bestselling historian finds a new way to look at the most famous English royal dynasty
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Palaces of Revolution
£25.00The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.
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The Great British Puzzle Book
£12.99A bumper book of puzzles celebrating every aspect of Britain and Britishness – perfect to relax, de-stress and unwind, perhaps with a cup of tea!
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Traitor King
£25.00Here Andrea Lownie looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept in exile, feuding with his family over status for his wife, Wallis Simpson, and denied any real job. Drawing on extensive research into hitherto unused archives and Freedom of Information requests, it makes the case that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were not the naïve dupes of the Germans but actively intrigued against Britain in both war and peace.
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The Queen’s Governess
£14.99Marion Crawford is just twenty-two years old when she becomes governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose in 1931. As their beloved ‘Crawfie’, she is instantly confided in, trusted and immersed in the lives of the royal family. As World War II finally comes to an end, it’s clear that Princess Elizabeth has fallen in love. Now heiress presumptive to the British throne, no one believes that Prince Philip of Greece is a suitable husband for the future Queen of England. No one, that is, except for Crawfie. For Crawfie, too, has fallen in love – and has convinced her fiancé George that they must wait for Elizabeth and Philip to receive the King’s blessing before she leaves the service of the Crown. Yet soon she finds herself torn between her loyalty to Princess Elizabeth and losing the man she loves.
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Elizabeth & Margaret
£20.00A captivating and unique biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret, told by the internationally renowned royal biographer Andrew Morton.