Keizers en Shogun

Tot het einde van de negentiende eeuw was Japan een klein, afgelegen eilandenrijk in de luwte van het Aziatische vasteland waarvoor niemand veel belangstelling had en waarvan men in de rest van de wer...

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria's l...

De bastaarden van Koning Gorilla en hun nakomelingen

Koning Willem III (1817-1890) was de laatste koning van Nederland uit het Huis Oranje-Nassau (1849-1890).Hij werd bekend en berucht door zijn levenswijze, die hem de bijnaam Koning Gorilla opleverde....

The Dukes of Cumberland

Diana the Killing of a Princess

When Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a horrific car crash on 31st August 1997, the world grieved at this tragic accident. Official sources have always insisted there was nothing sinister about Diana...

Queen Victoria's Children

Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their lo...

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon,the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August 1900. It might reasonably have been expected that she would lead a life of ease and privile...

Eleanor of Aquitaine

The wellregarded British historian takes on Eleanor of Aquitaine, the feisty queen who eventually married Henry of Anjou, a man destined to become king of England. Original.

Prince William

Prince William has emerged as the people's prince, surfacing from a lifetime of scrutiny and speculation as a discerning and charming young man, determined to serve the nation he loves.His wedding to...