This book showcases Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine (1618-1680), one of the foremost female minds of the 17th century. Best known today for her important correspondence with the philosopher René Descartes, Elisabeth was famous in her own time for her learning, philosophi…
by Bărbulescu, Anca, Boia, Lucian, Maria,, regină a României
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Translation from English of the Queen's first 14 diary notebooks, preceded by memoirs from the archives of the Arhivele Naționale, Fond Casa Regală, Regina Maria, III 98 and 102--115.
Based on life of Kota, Rani of Kashmir, 14th century.
Biography of consorts to King Chulalongkorn of Siam, 1853-1910, and their roles in the history of Thailand.
Old photographs on magazine covers of Queen Sirikit, consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Old photographs on magazine covers of Queen Sirikit, consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
In this ... detailed biography, a ... portrait of one of England's most remarkable queens emerges. The quintessential monarch, Emma was a political pawn turned master manipulator at the center of a triangle of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans, all jostling for control of eleve…
"William III and Mary II are the only joint reigning sovereigns in English history. Brought to power as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 which deposed Mary's father - the Catholic King James II - their reign was a crucial period during which new restrictions of roya…
"William III and Mary II are the only joint reigning sovereigns in English history. Brought to power as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 which deposed Mary's father - the Catholic King James II - their reign was a crucial period during which new restrictions of roya…
Presents the life of the eleventh-century English queen, Emma, who was the mother of two kings and who ruled when England was threatened by a power struggle between Saxons, Normans, and invading Vikings.
