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Michael Paterson
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A Brief History of the Private Life of Elizabeth II, Updated Edition
Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of her subjects than…
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Nicholas II, The Last Tsar
The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history.…
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A Brief History of the House of Windsor
The British monarchy may be over a thousand years old, but the House of Windsor dates only from 1917, when, in the middle of the…
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Private Life in Britain’s Stately Homes
The Victorian and Edwardian eras in the run-up to 1914 marked the golden age of the English country house, when opulence and formality attained a…
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A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain
The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the…