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Sisters the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S Lovell Publisher Comments This is the Story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" by Margaret Powell Publisher Comments Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powells classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Hardcover
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The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester Publisher Comments Alone is the second volume in William Manchester's projected three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, the first volume of which was critically acclaimed: Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba Publisher Comments The first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson to be written by a woman, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the Twentieth Century, a character who played prominently in the blockbuster film The Kings Speech. ... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Churchill: A Life by Martin Gilbert Publisher Comments Distilled from years of meticulous research and documentation, filled with material unavailable when the earliest books of the official biography's eight volumes went to press, Churchill is a brilliant marriage of the hard facts of the public life and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith Publisher Comments In this magisterial new biography, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith brings to life one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic women: Queen Elizabeth II. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister by John Campbell Publisher Comments The Iron Lady, the definitive Margaret Thatcher biography, is available just in time for the movie starring Meryl Streep as one of the most infamous figures in postwar politics. Whether you love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher's impact on twentieth... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about Mary Boleyn has been fostered through garbled gossip, romantic fiction, and the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey Staff Pick Adultery, betrayal, scandal, murder, and tragedy abound in this elegantly written history of the wives of the Tudor King. The author makes the story fresh and offers new insights into the role played by each very different woman.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library) by Amanda Foreman Publisher Comments The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall Publisher Comments Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy by Leanda De Lisle Publisher Comments Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey-sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nations destiny-are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisles new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women,... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from an acclaimed biographer. "Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler. . . ."--New York Times Book Review. 16... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age (P.S.) by Amanda Macke Stuart Publisher Comments When Consuelo Vanderbilt's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastically supported by Consuelo's mother, Alva, who was determined to take the family to the top of New York... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Queen: A Life in Brief by Robert Lacey Publisher Comments the Queen Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. She came into the world on April 21, 1926, the equivalent of the modern Princess Beatrice, first-born daughter of the Duke of York, destined to flutter on the royal fringe. So while Lilibet was brought up... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Life of Elizabeth I (American) by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wait for Me!: Memoirs by Duchess Deborah Mitford Publisher Comments Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, “How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The King's Speech by Mark Logue About the Author Peter Conradi's books include The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer, Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovksy and the New Russian Nationalism, and Hitler's Piano Player.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Samuel Pepys the Unequalle Self by Claire Tomalin Publisher Comments For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly candid account of his life during one of the most defining periods in British history. In Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin offers us a fully realized and richly... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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