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(0)Robert Lacey
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men? Lacey reveals the untold details of William and Harry's closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures-- one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oil market convulsions of today, "Inside the Kingdom" gives readers a modern history of the Saudis in their own words, revealing a people attempting to reconcile life under religious law with the demands of a rapidly changing world.
8) Queen Mother
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1987]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
9) Aristocrats
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1983]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 339 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the Ford Modeling Agency's meteoric rise to the top of the fashion and beauty business, and paints a ... portrait of the uncompromising woman at its helm in all her glittering, tyrannical brilliance. Outspoken and controversial, Ford was never afraid to offend in defense of her stringent standards. When she chose, she could deliver hauteur in the grand tradition of fashion's battle-axes, from Coco Chanel to Diana Vreeland--just ask John...
14) Grace
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
463 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.F. Howes
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
5 CDs (approximately 5 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since ancient times, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion--a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Lacey captures the most pivotal moments and the stories of the extraordinary characters who helped shape a nation.
Author
Publisher
W.F. Howes
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
5 CDs (approximately 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this second volume of short essays, renowned historian Robert Lacey opens with Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the flowering of the modern English language in the final years of the 14th century and ends with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9, when Parlaiment secured control over the Crown. Along the way we hear about Dick Whittington and his cat, the origin of the V sign at Agincourt, The Wars of the Roses and all the pivotal events that...
Author
Publisher
RB Large Print
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 281 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales to the reign of William and Mary, Robert Lacey's second volume of great tales highlights the spread of the English language, the rejection of both a religion and a classic view of kingly authority, and an unstoppable movement toward intellectual and political freedom. Anglophiles will recognize their favorite English kings and queens, holy men and charlatans, scientists and architects, in the rich historical period...