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Marrying the much-older king of England in the year 1002, sixteen-year-old Emma of Normandy is surrounded by a treacherous court and regarded as a threat by her husband before drawing on her wits to gain a few friends and protect her station.

A collection of more than three hundred photographs of the Russian Romanov family.

Lavish retelling of the final years of the Russian Tsar and Empress. The film begins in 1904 and shows the stark contrast between the opulent life of the nobility and the poverty of the peasants. Over the years Nicholas cannot satify the needs of the people or prevent Russia's entry into World War I, and the Empress falls under the spell of the evil monk, Rasputin. The film ends with the Russian Revolution and the execution of the royal family.

"In 1660, the Restoration of Stuart Monarchy in England returns Frances Stuart and her family to favor. Frances discards threadbare gowns and goes to gilded Fontainebleau Palace, where she soon catches the Sun King's eye. But Frances is no ordinary court beauty--she has Stuart secrets to keep and her family to protect. King Louis XIV turns vengeful when she rejects his offer to become his Official Mistress. He sends her to England with orders to seduce King Charles II and help him form an alliance with England. The Queen Mother likewise orders Frances to become her son's mistress, in the interest of luring him away from the Protestant mistress he currently keeps. Armed in pearls and silk, Frances maneuvers the political turbulence of Whitehall Palace, but still can't afford to stir a scandal, determined to keep her family from shame. Her tactic to inspire King Charles to greatness captivates him and the two embark on a tenuous relationship. Frances survives the Great Fire, the Great Plague, and the debauchery of the Restoration Court, yet loses her heart to the very king she must control. A startling discovery will leave her with no other choice but to break his heart, while the fate of England hangs in the balance. In the tradition of Philippa Gregory, debut author Marci Jefferson brings to life a captivating woman whose beauty, compassion, and intellect impacted a king and a nation"--.

Explores the relationship between Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, focusing on the divine message Joan had received and how it ultimately lead to the coronation of Charles VII and the triumph of France.

The story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. Describes both the luxurious lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and their eventual uprising.

The Romans, fearing Cleopatra, invented stories about her wicked ways. Historians feature her as the glamorous woman who charmed the two greatest Romans of her day. Alice Curtis Desmond tells about her conquest of Caesar and Antony, but she also presents her as a tender, vulnerable woman, a temptress, yes, but a completely devoted mother. She had four childrenCaesarion, Julius Caesar's son; and Mark Antony's offspring, the twins-Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios-and Ptolemy Philadelphus. After the death of their parents, small Selene and Ptolemy were dragged behind a chariot in the triumphal procession in Rome. At fourteen, Selene married Juba, a Numidian prince. They reigned over what is now Morocco and Algeria. This book is based on careful research, particularly in the works of the classical writers, but the author also makes little-known Egyptian and Roman history come alive in the most fascinating way.

Biography of Siberian-born mystic Grigori Rasputin, discussing his religious visions and conversion, disagreements with the Russian Orthodox church, relationships and influence upon the Romanovs, and murder at the hands of a nobleman.

A biography of the last Tsar of Russia and his family with a reconstruction of what happened during their imprisonment and murder by the Communists in 1918.

A historical novel in which Leonka, an old man who served as a youth as kitchen boy in the Ipatiev House where the tsar and tsarina, Nicholas and Alexandra, were imprisoned, finally reveals what he saw, and what he did on the night the Imperial Family was executed in 1918.