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  • THE ROYAL FAMILY VS 'THE CROWN'
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Uncover the truth behind Netflix's The Crown with this guide separating royal fact from dramatic fiction. For six seasons, royal watchers across the globe have been hooked on Netflix’s smash-hit factual drama, The Crown. Over sixty episodes, multiple casts and headline-grabbing storylines, The Crown has promised to throw open the closed doors of Britain’s palaces to reveal the ...

    $216.99

  • THE REAL QUEEN CHARLOTTE
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton's court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was still a teenager when she was chosen to be the bride of King George III. Shy, innocent, and sheltered, the orphaned princess and her youthful groom carried the hopes of a nation on their shoulders. The placid and unassuming young couple symbolised a new beginning, but soon ...

    $216.99

  • THE REAL QUEEN CHARLOTTE
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton's court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was still a teenager when she was chosen to be the bride of King George III. Shy, innocent, and sheltered, the orphaned princess and her youthful groom carried the hopes of a nation on their shoulders. The placid and unassuming young couple symbolised a new beginning, but soon ...

    $251.00

  • THE SCANDAL OF GEORGE III'S COURT
    CATHERINE CURZON
    From Windsor to Weymouth, the shadow of scandal was never too far from the walls of the House of Hanover. Did a fearsome duke really commit murder or a royal mistress sell commissions to the highest bidders, and what was the truth behind George III's supposed secret marriage to a pretty Quaker?With everything from illegitimate children to illegal marriages, dead valets and eque...

    $214.99

  • THE WIVES OF GEORGE IV
    CATHERINE CURZON
    The scandalous life of George IV is revealed in this account of his marriage to Princess Caroline and his secret union with a longtime mistress. In Georgian England, few men were more eligible than the Prince of Wales. The heir to George III's throne would seem to be an excellent catch. Though the two women who married him might beg to differ. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-wido...

    $229.00

  • THE ELDER SONS OF GEORGE III
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Follow the sensational lives of four Georgian Era royals through scandal, corruption, and coronation in this revealing family biography. For nearly sixty years, King George III reigned over a tumultuous kingdom. His health and realm were in turmoil, while family life held challenges of its own. From the corpulent Prinny and the Grand Old Duke of York, to a king who battled the ...

    $229.00

  • THE DAUGHTERS OF GEORGE III
    CATHERINE CURZON
    An in-depth look into the lives of the six daughters of King George III of England. In the dying years of the 18th century, the corridors of Windsor echoed to the footsteps of six princesses. They were Charlotte, Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, the daughters of King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Though more than fifteen years divided the ...

    $229.00

  • THE IMPRISONED PRINCESS
    CATHERINE CURZON
    This royal biography of the 17th century princess and mother of King George II recounts an epic tale of privilege, passion, scandal, and disgrace. When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called "pig snout" and wept at news of her engagement. W...

    $229.00

  • SOPHIA: MOTHER OF KINGS
    CATHERINE CURZON
    From the Thirty Years' War to the formation of Great Britain, the royal mother of the House of Hanover comes to life in this historical biography.   Princess Sophia of Hanover was born to greatness and yet fated to obscurity. The 1701 Act of Settlement made her the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Ireland, and yet she died mere weeks before becoming queen. Gran...

    $255.75

  • QUEENS OF GEORGIAN BRITAIN
    CATHERINE CURZON
    An account of four royal women that's "as inherently fascinating as it is exceptionally informative . . . an extraordinary read from beginning to end" ( Midwest Book Review). Once upon a time there were four kings called George who, thanks to a quirk of fate, ruled Great Britain for over a century. Hailing from Germany, these occasionally mad, bad, and infamous sovereigns presi...

    $229.00

  • KINGS OF GEORGIAN BRITAIN
    CATHERINE CURZON
    This royal historian's "lively study of the four Georges who sat on the English throne for over a century is a joy" (Jane Austen's Regency World).   For over one hundred years of turmoil, upheaval, and scandal, Great Britain was a Georgian land. From the day the German-speaking George I stepped off the boat from Hanover to the night that George IV, bloated and diseased, breathe...

    $229.00

  • LIFE IN THE GEORGIAN COURT
    CATHERINE CURZON
    This lively history of Europe's royal families through the 18th and early 19th centuries reveals the decadence and danger of court life. As the glittering Hanoverian court gives birth to the British Georgian era, a golden age of royalty dawns in Europe. Houses rise and fall, births, marriages and scandals change the course of history. Meanwhile, in France, Revolution stalks the...

    $279.00

  • LIFE IN THE GEORGIAN COURT
    CATHERINE CURZON
    This lively history of Europe's royal families through the 18th and early 19th centuries reveals the decadence and danger of court life. As the glittering Hanoverian court gives birth to the British Georgian era, a golden age of royalty dawns in Europe. Houses rise and fall, births, marriages and scandals change the course of history. Meanwhile, in France, Revolution stalks the...

    $279.00

  • THE SCANDAL OF GEORGE III'S COURT
    CATHERINE CURZON
    From Windsor to Weymouth, the shadow of scandal was never too far from the walls of the House of Hanover. Did a fearsome duke really commit murder or a royal mistress sell commissions to the highest bidders, and what was the truth behind George III's supposed secret marriage to a pretty Quaker?With everything from illegitimate children to illegal marriages, dead valets and eque...

    $214.55

  • SOPHIA: MOTHER OF KINGS
    CATHERINE CURZON
    From the Thirty Years’ War to the formation of Great Britain, the royal mother of the House of Hanover comes to life in this historical biography.   Princess Sophia of Hanover was born to greatness and yet fated to obscurity. The 1701 Act of Settlement made her the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Ireland, and yet she died mere weeks before becoming queen. Gran...

    $229.00

  • THE REAL BOGIE AND BACALL
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Chronicles the turbulent Hollywood love story of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, navigating fame, adversity, and enduring passion against all odds. It was the Hollywood romance that warmed hearts and thrilled audiences, but the path to true love was littered with alcoholism, abandonment and bitter disappointments. Humphrey Bogart had crawled up the hard way, leaving behind a...

    $216.99

  • THE REAL BRIDGERTON
    CATHERINE CURZON
    As millions of viewers across the globe thrill to the assembly room exploits of the Bridgerton family and wait with bated breath for Lady Whistledown's latest dispatch from Almack's, scandal has never been so delicious. In a world where appearances were everything and gossip was currency, everyone had their price. From a divorce case that hinged on a public demonstration of mas...

    $191.99

  • THE REAL BRIDGERTON
    CATHERINE CURZON
    Discover the most scandalous true stories from the era that has enchanted fans of Netflix's Bridgerton worldwide with this unofficial companion history. As millions of viewers across the globe thrill to the assembly room exploits of the Bridgerton family and wait with bated breath for Lady Whistledown's latest dispatch from Almack's, scandal has never been so delicious. In a wo...

    $314.00

  • THE MISTRESSES OF GEORGE I & II
    CATHERINE CURZON
    When George I arrived in England he found a kingdom in turmoil. Mistrustful of the new monarch from Hanover, his subjects met his coronation with riots. At George's side was his mistress, Melusine von der Schulenberg, whilst his ex-wife languished in prison. Known as the Maypole thanks to her eye-catching figure, Melusine was the king's confidante for decades. She was a mother ...

    $229.00

  • KINGS OF GEORGIAN BRITAIN
    CATHERINE CURZON
    This royal historian’s “lively study of the four Georges who sat on the English throne for over a century is a joy” (Jane Austen’s Regency World).   For over one hundred years of turmoil, upheaval, and scandal, Great Britain was a Georgian land. From the day the German-speaking George I stepped off the boat from Hanover to the night that George IV, bloated and diseased, breathe...

    $229.00