The story of the British monarchy told in a stunningly detailed & painstakingly researched encyclopaedia. In addition, over 500 paintings & photographs, cartoons & drawings, engravings, artefacts & sculptures show how the royals have been viewed by every generation. Key moments of constitutional crisis include the trial & execution of Charles I in 1649, & more recently the Abdication Crisis in 1936 when Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry American divorcee Mrs Wallace Simpson. The private life & public life of Princess Diana is described, as well as her sudden tragic death. A valuable reference book for any historian, this expert & authoritative guide will absorb, entertain & fascinate every reader interested in discovering more about one of the longest-running monarchies in the world. The size of this book is 30.5cm in height & 24cm wide with 256 pages ...

Helps children learn about every King & Queen of Britain from the Norman conquest to the present day by matching the stickers of important artefacts to their frames on each page. In this title, each frame is accompanied by fascinating historical facts. It contains over 100 stickers. ...

Conceived by the proprietors of The Kings County Distillery, this handsomely designed package contains a guided journal for whiskey

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King's Cross station was the terminus of the Great Northern Railway & was opened in 1852. Designed by Lewis Cubitt, it replaced a temporary station at Maiden Lane. It established itself as the London terminus of what is now known as the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh. From 1862, at 10 a.m. every weekday, the Flying Scotsman left King's Cross for the north, initially taking over ten hours to complete the journey but now taking only four hours from Edinburgh to London. Some of Britain's most famous locomotives, from the Ivatt Atlantics to the A3 & A4 Pacifics, Deltics & HSTs, have sped north from King's Cross. The underground station below the main line station encompasses six lines & was the scene of the disastrous King's Cross fire in 1987, following which it was rebuilt. King's Cross itself has been redeveloped many times over the years, & a fictional platform (9 3/4) made famous in the Harry Potter novels. Its Grade 1 listed facade has been revamped & the station enhanced to increase capacity. ...

As the year 1326 draws to a close, London is in flames. King Edward II is a prisoner, & the forces of his vengeful queen, Isabella, & her lover Sir Roger Mortimer, are in the ascendant. The Bardi family, bankers who have funded the King, must look to their future with the Queen, steering a careful course between rival factions
- if, that is, they can keep themselves alive. Others, too, find their loyalties torn. Guarding the deposed King on behalf of Mortimer, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill & bailiff Simon Puttock find themselves entangled in a tightening net of conspiracy, greed, betrayal & murder.
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Miami Vice' meets ' Scarface' in this made-for-TV true story of a superstar nightclub owner's attempts to stop his past catching up with him. Chris Troiano (Jason Gedrick) has the world at his feet. Founder of South Beach's most famous 1990s nightclubs, fr ...

When Michiel Steyn returns to South Africa for his beloved mother's funeral, he has spent close to half his lifetime abroad. But neither Michiel nor those he left behind have truly come to terms with his terrible flight from the farm they called Paradise. As Michiel submits himself to the rituals of mourning & remembrance in the small town where he became a man, all that has lain undisturbed for a decade & a half is brought to light. A father's implacable fury & a brother's violent death, the betrayal of love & the ugly memory of the dying days of apartheid all come between the prodigal & forgiveness. Michiel finds that he must confront not only his grief for his mother's passing but the painful truth of his own transgressions. ...

Who invented the ' House of Windsor' as a royal name? Who founded Westminster Abbey? Which king had twenty-one illegitimate children? This book describes the most memorable features of the life & times of each king or queen
- from Egbert, crowned in 802 & considered the first king of Engl&, to Queen Elizabeth II.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that love is never smooth sailing.

Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal

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KINGSMAN is based on personal experience & covers a critical time in British history & the rise of nationalism in South East Asia. It will appeal to fans of political & espionage thrillers & its genre is comparable to the work of John le Carre & Tom Clancy. ...