Behind the palace doors : five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain / Michael Farquhar.
By: Farquhar, Michael.
Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2011Description: ix, 307 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780812979046 (pbk.) :; 0812979044 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Miscellanea | Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Miscellanea | Royal houses -- Great Britain -- History -- Miscellanea | Great Britain -- History -- MiscellaneaItem type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DA 28.1 .F37 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5042367 |
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DA 26 .E55 1968 v.2 English historical documents / | DA 26 .E55 1968 V.5 English historical documents / | DA 28.1 .B7 1963 The Saxon & Norman kings / | DA 28.1 .F37 2011 Behind the palace doors : | DA 28.1 .H4 1951 A century of British monarchy. | DA 28.4 .B7 1965 The path to power : | DA 28.4 .P48 1968 Britain's Prime Ministers from Walpole to Wilson |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307).
pt. 1. House of Tudor -- Introductory chapter: A blending of roses and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty -- Henry VIII (1509-1547) : up the stairs, pulled by an engine -- Edward VI (1547-1553) : the Boy King -- Lady Jane Grey (1553) : "the Nine Days Queen" -- Mary I (1553-1558) : Bloody Mary's burning desire -- Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : perils of a princess -- Elizabeth I (1558-1603) : a clash of queens -- pt. 2. House of Stuart -- James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : kissing cousins -- James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : bewitched -- James I (VI of Scotland) (1603-1625) : Arbella Stuart : too close for comfort -- Charles I (1625-1649) : with his head held high -- Charles I (1625-1649) : a grisly afterlife -- Charles II (1660-1685) : the great escape -- Charles II (1660-1685) : "Old Rowley" -- James II (1685-1689) : a fool and his crown -- William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-1694) : joint sovereigns -- Anne (1702-1714) : a feud too many -- pt. 3. House of Hanover -- George I (1714-1727) : his heart was in Hanover -- George II (1727-1760) : a boorish, over-sexed bully -- George II (1727-1760) : "Bonnie Prince Charlie" -- George III (1760-1820) : Caroline Matilda : something rotten in the state of Denmark -- George III (1760-1820) : the reign insane -- George III (1760-1820) : a royal murder mystery -- George IV (1820-1830) : a wife on the side -- George IV (1820-1830) : hello, I loathe you -- William IV (1830-1837) : a misbegotten brood -- Victoria (1837-1901) : a trip down the aisle -- Victoria (1837-1901) : the Queen's Prince Charming -- Victoria (1837-1901) : paradise lost -- pt. 4. House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor -- Edward VII (1901-1910) : Sex Ed -- George V (1910-1936) : Georgie and Nicky : a fatal friendship -- Edward VIII (1936) : an abdication of duty -- George VI (1936-1952) : the courage of a king -- Elizabeth II (1952-present) : Good Queen Bess.
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