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Hawksley Lucinda The Mystery of Princess Louise. Queen Victoria's Rebellious Daughter
What was so dangerous about Queen Victoria's artistic tempestuous sixth child, Princess Louise? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded f from public view for years. Louise was a sculptor and painter, friend to the Pre-Raphaelites and a keen member of the Aesthetic movement. The most feisty of the Victorian princesses, she kicked against her mother's controlling nature and remained fiercely loyal to her brothers - especially the sickly Leopold and the much-maligned Bertie. She sought out other unconventional women, including Josephine Butler and George Eliot, and campaigned for education and health reform and for the rights of women. She battled with her indomitable mother for permission to practice the 'masculine' art of sculpture and go to art college - and in doing so became the first British princess to attend a public school. The rumours of Louise's colourful love life persist even today, with hints of love affairs dating as far back as her teenage years, and notable scandals included entanglements with her sculpting tutor Joseph Edgar Boehm and possibly even her sister Princess Beatrice's handsome husband, Liko. True to rebellious form, she refused all royal suitors and became the first member of the royal family to marry a commoner since the sixteenth century. Spirited and lively, The Mystery of Princess Louise is richly packed with arguments, intrigues, scandals and secrets, and is a vivid portrait of a princess desperate to escape her inheritance.
3452 Руб.
Worsley Lucy Queen Victoria. Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain. By looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrate the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman.
2101 Руб.
Sleeping Beauty
The King and Queen are proud of their baby daughter, Princess Aurora, and they invite everyone to a party, including the Flower Fairies. But one of the Fairies puts a curse on Aurora, and despite the King's precautions, on her sixteenth birthday she meets an old lady in a tower in the castle…
1340 Руб.
Cornick Nicola The Last Daughter
Ever since her sister disappeared eleven years ago, Serena Warren has been running from a ghost, haunted by what she can't remember about that night. When Caitlin's body is discovered, Serena returns to her grandfather's house, nestled beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, determined to uncover the truth. But in returning to the place of her childhood summers, Serena stands poised at the brink of a startling discovery - one that will tie her family to a centuries-old secret… Taking readers from the present day to the Wars of the Roses in the 1400s, and with an enthralling mystery at its heart, The Last Daughter is a spellbinding novel about family secrets, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Barbara Erskine and Kate Morton.
1685 Руб.
McGrath Carol The Damask Rose
'You lay hands on a princess of the realm? It is treason.' 'But this princess disobeys her King. Treason indeed.' 1266. Eleanor of Castile, adored wife of the Crown Prince of England, is still only a princess when she is held hostage in the brutal Baron's Rebellion, and her baby daughter dies. Scarred by privation, a bitter Eleanor swears revenge on those who would harm her family - and vows never to let herself be vulnerable again. As she rises to become Queen, Eleanor keeps Olwen - a trusted herbalist, who tried to save her daughter - by her side. But it is dangerous to be friendless in a royal household, and as the court sets out on crusade, Olwen and Eleanor discover that the true battle for Europe may not be a matter of swords and lances, but one fanned by whispers and spies . . .
2670 Руб.
Tey Josephine The Daughter of Time
In 1990, The Daughter of Time was voted number one in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers' Association. In 1995 it was voted number four in The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time list compiled by the Mystery Writers of America.
1403 Руб.
Pamuk Orhan Nights of Plague
Plague is not the only killer - an historical epic of murder and mystery, myth-making and nation-building, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 1901. Night draws in. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. 'An emerald built of pink stone'. The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Each of them holds a separate mission. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. Because Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress. But plague is not the only killer. Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake, in an epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.
4054 Руб.
Queen cd Queen Live At The Rainbow '74
Состояние носителя: S. Состояние конверта: S. Live At The Rainbow '74. cd. 2 cd, DVD (NTSC, 0), Blu-ray audio 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition CD 1: Queen II Tour - Live At The Rainbow, March '74 CD1-1 Procession CD1-2 Father To Son CD1-3 Ogre Battle CD1-4 Son And Daughter CD1-5 Guitar Solo CD1-6 Son And Daugther (Reprise) CD1-7 White Queen (As It Began) CD1-8 Great King Rat CD1-9 The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke CD1-10 Keep Yourself Alive CD1-11 Drum Solo CD1-12 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) CD1-13 Seven Seas Of Rhye CD1-14 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll CD1-15 Jailhouse Rock (Medley) CD1-15.1 Stupid Cupid (Medley) CD1-15.2 Be Bop A Lula (Medley) CD1-16 Liar CD1-17 See What A Fool I've Been CD2: Sheer Heart Attack Tour - Live At The Rainbow, November '74 CD2-1 Procession CD2-2 Now I'm Here CD2-3 Ogre Battle CD2-4 Father To Son CD2-5 White Queen (As It Began) CD2-6 Flick Of The Wrist CD2-7 In The Lap Of The Gods CD2-8 Killer Queen CD2-9 The March Of The Black Queen CD2-10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown CD2-11 Son And Daughter CD2-12 Guitar Solo CD2-13 Son And Daughter (Reprise) CD2-14 Keep Yourself Alive CD2-15 Drum Solo CD2-16 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) CD2-17 Seven Seas Of Rhye CD2-18 Stone Cold Crazy CD2-19 Liar CD2-20 In The Lap Of The Gods. Revisited CD2-21 Big Spender CD2-22 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll CD2-23 Jailhouse Rock CD2-24 God Save The Queen Blu-Ray: Sheer Heart Attack Tour - Live At The Rainbow, November '74 BR-1 Procession BR-2 Now I'm Here BR-3 Ogre Battle BR-4 Father To Son BR-5 White Queen (As It Began) BR-6 Flick Of The Wrist BR-7 In The Lap Of The Gods BR-8 Killer Queen BR-9 The March Of The Black Queen BR-10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown BR-11 Son And Daughter BR-12 Guitar Solo BR-13 Son And Daughter (Reprise) BR-14 Keep Yourself Alive BR-15 Drum Solo BR-16 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) BR-17 Seven Seas Of Rhye BR-18 Stone Cold Crazy BR-19 Liar BR-20 In The Lap Of The Gods. Revisited BR-21 Big Spender BR-22 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll BR-23 Jailhouse Rock BR-24 God Save The Queen Blu-ray: Bonus Tracks Queen II On Tour - Live At The Rainbow, March '74 BR-25 Son And Daughter BR-26 Guitar Solo BR-27 Son And Daughter (Reprise) BR-28 Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll DVD: Sheer Heart Attack Tour - Live At The Rainbow, November '74 DVD-1 Procession DVD-2 Now I'm Here DVD-3 Ogre Battle DVD-4 Father To Son DVD-5 White Queen (As It Began) DVD-6 Flick Of The Wrist DVD-7 In The Lap Of The Gods DVD-8 Killer Queen DVD-9 The March Of The Black Queen DVD-10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown DVD-11 Son And Daughter DVD-12 Guitar Solo DVD-13 Son And Daughter (Reprise) DVD-14 Keep Yourself Alive DVD-15 Drum Solo DVD-16 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) DVD-17 Seven Seas Of Rhye DVD-18 Stone Cold Crazy DVD-19 Liar DVD-20 In The Lap Of The Gods. Revisited DVD-21 Big Spender DVD-22 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll DVD-23 Jailhouse Rock DVD-24 God Save The Queen DVD: Bonus Tracks Queen II On Tour - Live At The Rainbow, March '74 DVD-25 Son And Daughter DVD-26 Guitar Solo DVD-27 Son And Daughter (Reprise) DVD-28 Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll Тип носителя: cd
9945 Руб.
Basu S. Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in)
History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim.In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of hertwo great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen. .
773 Руб.
Basu S. Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in)
History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim.In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of hertwo great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen. .
773 Руб.
Byatt A. S. The Children's Book
Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, but as the sons rebel against their parents and the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the children's book.
3893 Руб.
Cormac Rory, Aldrich Richard J. Spying and the Crown. The Secret Relationship Between British Intelligence and the Royals
For the first time, Spying and the Crown uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana. In an enthralling narrative, Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac show how the British secret services grew out of persistent attempts to assassinate Victoria and then operated on a private and informal basis, drawing on close personal relationships between senior spies, the aristocracy, and the monarchy. Based on original research and new evidence, Spying and the Crown presents the British monarchy in an entirely new light and reveals how far their majesties still call the shots in a hidden world. Previously published as The Secret Royals.
2952 Руб.
Wilson A. N. Victoria. A Life
The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman.
2304 Руб.
Erdrich Louise The Sentence
In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage and of a woman's relentless errors. Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading 'with murderous attention,' must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation and furious reckoning. The Sentence begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and ends on All Souls' Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
4966 Руб.
Gregg Stacy The Princess and the Foal
A novel of heart and courage inspired by the incredible story of a real-life princess and the foal she loves. Princess Haya, daughter of the King of Jordan, loves her family more than anything. So when tragedy strikes at its heart, she is devastated. The Princess becomes ever more withdrawn until, on her birthday, the King gives her a life-changing present. An incredible new friendship grows and the heartbroken princess begins to dream of an extraordinary future. Inspired by the real-life story of Olympic equestrienne Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and set against the exotic backdrop of Arabia, this novel is destined to become a modern classic.
1310 Руб.
Erdrich Louise The Round House
The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction.One of the most revered novelists of our time--a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life--Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, and The Bingo Palace, Erdrichs The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction--at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture.
911 Руб.