DescriptionIn 1215, wealthy Genoese merchant Rainier Grimaldi established a fortress for what was to become Europe's oldest dynasty. The family has been under threat ever since, first from a rebellious nephew, and more recently from magnates like Aristotle Onassis. Veteran celebrity biographer Anne Edwards tells the story of Prince Rainier and his ancestors in full, for the first time. Find out the inside story about the country, the family, and the hardships they endured - as well as the magical moments including Prince Rainier's wedding to Grace Kelly.
DescriptionA princely state in India, 1930, under the British Raj. To Bhopore and its opulent Summer Palace comes a handful of Western visitors to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they meet the Maharajah's heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister, and the aloof British Resident, with his dignified little nine-year-old son. And before long they also meet sudden death. Various people in the Palace become suspects, and an imperturbable District Superintendent of Police is called in. But who will he find guilty of the murder of the Maharajah?
DescriptionNewly sober Barbara Bentley, her womanizing husband, Bradford, and the other wealthy residents of Silver Lake are steering their lives in new directions. And then royalty arrives in the person of Baroness Veronique Valentine, who claims to be everyone's friend.
DescriptionIt's 1751, 5 years after the disastrous Battle of Culloden ended Bonnie Prince Charlie's desperate attempt to gain the throne of England. Young David Balfour's wicked uncle Ebenezer has arranged to have the boy kidnapped to prevent him from discovering that Ebenezer's family estate, Shaws, really belongs to David. Shipped out aboard the brig Covenant, bound for the Carolinas, David meets up with the dashing Alan Breck Stewart, one of Bonnie Prince Charlie's supporters and a survivor of Culloden. When the Covenant is wrecked on the coast of Mull, David and Alan travel together through the Wild Highlands in search of justice. This exciting first-person account is read with a hint of a Scottish brogue by Carlos Cardona.
DescriptionFind out the untold story of the Queen of England and her prince. This is the definitive biography of the world's most renowned monarch and richest woman, Queen Elizabeth, and of her controversial husband, H.R.H. Prince Philip.
DescriptionWhen street urchin Tom Cantry trades places with Edward VI, Prince of Wales, he thinks everything's going to be easy. But young Tom finds himself caught in the trappings of a Prince, while possessing the heart of a beggar. The Prince and the Pauper is one of the more famous stories in children's literature, as well as one of the greatest "trading places" story of all time, showcasing Twain's satirical wit and acute sense of political irony.
DescriptionWhen a woman turns up drowned on the grounds of a royal estate, Sergeant Keen Dunliffe of Leeds, West Yorkshire, is hoping it's just a case of a drunken skinny-dipping accident. But when the woman turns out to be a historian, whose specialty is eighteenth-century English royalty and politics, and who was attending a conference at a local university, it's too much of a public relations nightmare to take lightly. The mystery deepens when two secretive men from the Met show up and ask Keen to befriend a colleague of the dead woman, Professor Jillie Waltham, in the hopes that she can shed some light on the victim's life and work. With such high ranking government officials interested in the case but unable to tell him why, Keen's rebellious nature might get him into more trouble than ever before his investigation is finished.
