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  • The Heir Apparent

    A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

    by Jane Ridley ...
    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBEThis richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • George V

    Never a Dull Moment

    by Jane Ridley ...
    From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively, intimately detailed biography of a long-overlooked king who reimagined the Crown in the aftermath of World War I and whose marriage to the regal Queen Mary was an epic partnershipThe grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, King George V reigned over the British Empire from 1910 to 1936, a period of ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)

    Queen, Matriarch, Empress

    by Jane Ridley ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatQueen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    George V

    Never a Dull Moment

    by Jane Ridley ...
    Narrated by Joanna David ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 6 min

    From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively, intimately detailed biography of a long-overlooked king who reimagined the Crown in the aftermath of World War I and whose marriage to the regal Queen Mary was an epic partnershipThe grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, King George V reigned over the British Empire from 1910 to 1936, a period of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Elizabeth

    The Forgotten Years

    by John Guy ...
    Narrated by Alex Jennings ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 15 min

    **COSTA AWARD FINALISTECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARFINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARFilm rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”–Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book ReviewA groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Fall of Boris Johnson

    The Award-Winning, Explosive Account of the PM's Final Days

    by Sebastian Payne ...
    Narrated by Sebastian Payne ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 53 min

    The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. Written and read by Sebastian Payne, Director of Onward and former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book AwardsA New Statesman, The Times, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year'Revelatory' - The Daily Telegraph</... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Haywire

    The Best of Craig Brown

    by Craig Brown ...
    Narrated by Craig Brown, Jan Ravens, Kieran Hodgson ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 57 min

    ‘Our greatest living satirist’ Sunday Times‘The most screamingly funny living writer’ Mail on SundayFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time.Haywire presents a survival guide to the 21st century.The acclaimed biographer of Princess Margaret and The Beatle... ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Sphinx

    The revelatory biography of Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough, from 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' - FINANCIAL TIMES

    by Hugo Vickers ...
    Narrated by Hugo Vickers ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 51 min

    An enthralling portrait of the enigmatic woman at the centre of a now vanished Golden Age: Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough.'Truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' - SUNDAY TIMESThe Times Best Biography Audiobook of the Year (2021)One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved . . .</em... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)

    1938-43

    by Chips Channon ...
    Narrated by Tom Ward ...

    Unabridged

    48 hours 28 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The second volume of the remarkable, Sunday Times bestselling diaries of Chips Channon.This second volume of the bestselling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the Prime Minister Chips so admired was credited with having averted a general European conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of appeasement, and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Fractured

    Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again

    by Jon Yates ...
    Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 8 min

    ‘An urgent manifesto for collective healing.’ David Lammy MPThis landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become.Combining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples, Jon Yates demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected, so ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Equinox

    by David Towsey ...
    Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 55 min

    Everyone is not as they seem in this fantasy novel, replete with war, witchcraft and secrets.As evening falls, the city of Esteburg begins to stir. Christophor Morden, one of the king's special inspectorate, is woken early by a call to the city prison. A heinous crime has been committed and the police suspect supernatural causes.The investigation will take Christophor far from home, to a village ... Read more

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    George VI (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Dutiful King

    by Philip Ziegler ...
    Narrated by Charlie Anson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 18 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of George VI: The Dutiful King by Philip Ziegler, read by Charlie Anson.If Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life he dedicated himself to the pursuit of what he thought he ought to be doing rather than what he wanted to do. Inarticulate and loathing any ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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