The Penguin Pocket Kings and Queens
The Penguin Pocket Kings and Queens

Author: David Crystal

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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"Penguin Pocket Kings and Queens is essential for anyone wanting to check dates, facts or popular tales about international royalty from the earliest times to the present day. With kings, queens, tsars, emperors and pharaohs from all over the world, this is the ultimate one-stop guide to the royal figures who have influenced the modern age. This book includes: comprehensive ready reference listing of world monarchs from Assyria to Zambia; family trees of all British monarchs; and a glossary of monarch-related words and advice on pronouncing difficult names."--BOOK JACKET.

Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy
Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy

Author: Kenneth John Panton

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 705

ISBN-13: 1538175770

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Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries that cover significant events, places, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, economics, politics, and society.

The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names
The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names

Author: David Pickering

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-08-25

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0141916397

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What's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names takes a close look at 3500 names, explaining origins and meanings, showing how some have changed in popularity and use over time and providing all the diminutive and variant forms. Part of Penguin's major new series of reference titles ranging from Spanish and French dictionaries to books on spelling and quotations.

Queen of Kings
Queen of Kings

Author: Maria Dahvana Headley

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-05-12

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 110152572X

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In this stunningly original debut, go beyond the legend of Queen Cleopatra and discover a passion steeped in the bloodlust of vampires… The year is 30 BC. A messenger delivers word to Queen Cleopatra that her beloved husband, Antony, has died at his own hand. Desperate to save her kingdom, Cleopatra strikes a mortal bargain in exchange for Antony’s soul, transforming her into an immortal—a vampire with superhuman strength and an insatiable hunger for blood. Leaving a trail of fiery retribution, Cleopatra journeys from the tombs of Egypt to the ancient underworld in order to meet her husband again. But to resurrect him, Cleopatra will need to challenge mythical beings with power beyond comprehension—risking the fate of both this world and the next for a love that will not die…

Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)
Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)

Author: Jane Ridley

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0141977191

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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format Queen 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 India in 1876). Overturning the established picture of the dour old lady, this is a fresh and engaging portrait from one of our most talented royal biographers. Jane Ridley is Professor of Modern History at Buckingham University, where she teaches a course on biography. Her previous books include The Young Disraeli; a study of Edwin Lutyens, The Architect and his Wife, which won the 2003 Duff Cooper Prize; and the best-selling Bertie: A Life of Edward VII. A Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, Ridley writes for the Spectator and other newspapers, and has appeared on radio and several television documentaries. She lives in London and Scotland.

The Pocket
The Pocket

Author: Barbara Burman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0300253745

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A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019 “A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.”—Roberta Smith’s “Top Art Books of 2019,” The New York Times This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus. “What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them.”—Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian “A brilliant book.”—Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement

V is for Vengeance
V is for Vengeance

Author: Sue Grafton

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Published: 2016-03

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 0399575235

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Includes an excerpt from W is for wasted.

Horrible Histories: Top 50 Kings and Queens
Horrible Histories: Top 50 Kings and Queens

Author: Terry Deary

Publisher: Scholastic Non-Fiction

Published: 2015-05-07

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1407156926

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Top 50 Kings and Queens is packed full of foul facts and loathsome lists all about our ruthless rulers. Filled with new material, this pocket-sized guide to rotten royalty has all the trademark Horrible Histories humour. With full-colour layouts and new illustrations from Martin Brown, it's perfect for fans of the series and new readers alike.