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  • av Catherine Curzon
    300,-

    For six seasons, royal watchers across the globe have been hooked on Netflix's smash-hit factual drama, The Crown. Over sixty episodes, multiple casts and headline-grabbing storylines, The Crown has promised to throw open the closed doors of Britain's palaces to reveal the deepest secrets of the House of Windsor. From the last days of George VI to the accession of Queen Elizabeth II and into the twenty-first century, it has told the story of the monarchy in an ever-changing and turbulent world. The Royal Family vs 'The Crown' turns the spotlight on the glittering Netflix series and lays bare what's fact and what is very definitely fiction. Season by season, episode by episode, The Royal Family vs 'The Crown' digs deep into history to examine the plots, the trivia and the characters who have stepped out of the throne room and into the living room, telling the real stories behind the drama that has thrilled and scandalised audiences worldwide. From the abdication of a king to Princess Diana's infamous Panorama interview, the marriage of Charles and Camilla and everything in between, this is your indispensable guide to the true stories behind the streaming phenomenon.

  • av Catherine Curzon
    300,-

    Chronicles the turbulent Hollywood love story of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, navigating fame, adversity, and enduring passion against all odds.It was the Hollywood romance that warmed hearts and thrilled audiences, but the path to true love was littered with alcoholism, abandonment and bitter disappointments.Humphrey Bogart had crawled up the hard way, leaving behind a childhood without affection for a life as the idol of millions. Bogie's road to stardom had been long and tough, forging a superstar who hated being in the spotlight as much as he loved being in the bar. With three marriages to his name and a reputation as one of the hardest drinkers in Hollywood, happiness was always fleeting.Lauren Bacall grew up in New York as the apple of her hard-working mother's eye, dreaming of a life in the limelight. Modelling by day and tearing tickets at night, when she was summoned to Hollywood to make a screentest, young Betty Bacall grabbed it with both hands. There she was reborn as the vampish Lauren Bacall, a teenage nobody who would make her debut in To Have and Have Not opposite the quintessential Hollywood tough guy, Humphrey Bogart.Nobody expected what came next, but the love affair between Bogie and Bacall took the world by storm. The Real Bogie & Bacall tells the story of two people whose romance shouldn't have worked... but did.

  • av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

    Featuring contemporary letters, newspapers and memoirs, The Real Bridgerton opens the bedcurtains on a century where nothing was out of bounds.

  • av Catherine Curzon
    176,-

    A fascinating dive into the real history behind Bridgerton, revealing how class, culture, fashion, sex and more truly functioned in the world of Regency high society.

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    200,-

    Amid the shifting sands of Egypt, is an ancient evil stronger than even the most timeless bonds?In the heat of 1920''s Cairo, Raf and Cecily are looking forward to making their honeymoon one to remember. Instead, they find themselves caught between a British nobleman on a mission to loot Egypt''s ancient tombs and a mysterious local woman who will do whatever it takes to protect the land she loves.When a foreboding pyramid rises from the sands and the scent of decay fills the air, Raf and Cecily find themselves caught in a terrifying race against time to vanquish a murderous mummy and put right the wrongs of the past. But is evil stronger than even the most timeless bonds?

  • - A Maypole and a Peevish Beast
    av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

    Using original letters, diaries and newspapers, the stories of Melusine and Henrietta are vividly told, bringing these influential women back to life.

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    200,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    200,-

  • - Sisters and Princesses
    av Catherine Curzon
    216,-

    The six daughters of George III were raised in seclusion. Though one would escape, her sisters were destined to remain the prisoners of a turbulent royal household.

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    200,-

  • - Kings, Princes, and a Grand Old Duke
    av Catherine Curzon
    270 - 280,-

    Using original letters, diaries and newspapers, the royal family and the insular world of the Georgian court are brought vividly back to life.

  • - The Finest Queen Britain Never Had
    av Catherine Curzon
    190,-

    Sophia, Electress of Hanover, united the Houses of Stuart and Hanover and was mother to a dynasty. Once the exiled Winter Princess, Sophia became a force to be reckoned with.

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    260,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    260,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    246,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    246,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    186,-

    When Josh meets handsome airline pilot Captain Guy Collingwood on a sun-kissed island, he finds out what flying first class really means!When Josh leaves the rainy shores of England for the sun-drenched tropical island of St Sebastian, his biggest worry is remembering his best man’s speech. But a chance meeting with dashing airline pilot Captain Guy Collingwood leads to a hot and raunchy holiday romance.Guy’s everything Josh is looking for in his ideal man. Mature, dashing and confident, he’s also single and more than happy to show Josh the pleasure of St Sebastian. Yet Guy’s unruffled demeanor hides a past regret. Is the wedding of Josh’s best friend about to reopen a painful chapter that has never fully closed?As a fearsome tropical storm threatens the island paradise and a broken family threatens Josh and Guy’s happiness, the stakes have never been higher. Can St Sebastian work its magic to heal past wounds and will Josh and Guy’s holiday fling take flight?

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    246,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    260,-

    As the Great War tears Europe apart, two men from different worlds find sanctuary in each other’s arms.Captain Robert Thorne is the fiercest officer in the regiment. Awaiting the command to go to the front, he has no time for simpering, comely lads. That’s until one summer day in 1917, when his dark, flashing eye falls upon the newest recruit at Chateau de Desgravier, a fresh-faced farmer’s boy with little experience of life and a wealth of poetry in his heart.Trooper Jack Woodvine has a way with strong, difficult stallions, and whispers them to his gentle will. Yet even he has never tamed a creature like Captain Thorne.With the shadow of the Great War and the scheming of enemies closer to home threatening their fleeting chance at happiness, can the captain and the cavalry trooper make it home safely? More importantly, will they see peacetime together?

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    260,-

  • av Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
    260,-

    Within the tangled vines of a forgotten garden, can a blossoming new love overcome an ancient evil that threatens both the living and the dead?After losing her brother in the trenches of the Great War, Cecily James is a prisoner of Whitmore Hall, the respected but remote boys’ school where her brutish husband reigns as headmaster. With its forsaken walled garden, a hauntingly tragic past, and midnight footsteps heard from an unoccupied clocktower, Whitmore Hall is a place where the dead are rumored to walk. Whitmore Hall is a place filled with mysteries and as a ghost garden emerges from the sun-bleached soil, long-buried secrets cry out to be told. When new teacher Raf de Chastelaine blunders into an impromptu seance, Cecily finds an unlikely and eccentric ally. In a world of discipline and respectability, barefoot Raf is unlike any teacher Cecily has ever met. With his tales of the Carpathian mountains and a love of midnight gardening, he shakes Whitmore Hall to its foundations. Could there be more to Raf than meets the eye? And as he and Cecily realise that their feelings run deeper than friendship, dare they dream of a world beyond Whitmore Hall?As Cecily and Raf team up to unite long-dead lovers and do battle with an ancient evil that has long haunted Whitmore Hall, Cecily finds her chance of happiness threatened by her tyrannical husband. But is the controlling headmaster acting of his own free will, or is he the puppet of a malevolent power from beyond the grave?

  • av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

    Sophia of Hanover became the mother of one of the most glittering dynasties the world has ever known. From the House of Stuart to the House of Hanover, this is the story of her remarkable life.

  • - The Scandalous Life of Sophia Dorothea of Celle
    av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

    The turbulent love letters of Sophia Dorothea and Count Phillip Christoph von Konigsmarck bring their forbidden affair vividly back to life.

  • av Willow Winsham & Catherine Curzon
    260,-

    As the Reign of Terror tears Paris apart, a dandy and a spy are thrown together on a desperate race through France.In the darkest days of the Reign of Terror, rumors grow of the Star of Versailles, the most exquisite treasure ever owned by the doomed Marie Antoinette. For Vincent Tessier, the notorious Butcher of Orléans, this potent symbol of the ancien régime has become an obsession and he’ll stop at nothing to possess it.When Alexandre Gaudet arrives in France to find his missing sister and nephew, the last thing he expects is to fall into Tessier’s hands. With Gaudet tortured and left for dead, salvation stumbles accidentally, if rather decorously, into his path.For Viscount William Knowles, life as a spy isn’t the escape he had hoped for. Yet a long-held secret won’t let him rest, and the fires of Revolution seem like the easiest way to hide from a past that torments him at every turn.Adrift in a world where love, family and honor are currencies to be traded, the world-weary Viscount Knowles and the scandalous Monsieur Gaudet have no choice but to try to get along if they want to survive. With Tessier in pursuit, they search for the clues that will lead them to the greatest treasure in revolutionary France—the Star of Versailles.

  • av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

    An entertaining trip back in time to meet the four kings who shaped the Georgian era.

  • av Catherine Curzon
    280,-

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