Tag: Royal

Heart of a Royal (Daughters of Peverell)


Free Download Hannah Currie, "Heart of a Royal (Daughters of Peverell)"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1946531537, 1946531553 | EPUB | pages: 308 | 0.5 mb
Brought to the palace as a newborn, the royal life bestowed upon Mackenna Sparrow was never meant to last forever. With Princess Alina engaged to be married, Mackenna’s presence as companion is no longer required and, like it or not, she must return to the birthright which should have been hers – that of a commoner. But not everyone at the palace wants her gone. When the truths she’s based her life on start crumbling as fast as her future, will she find the courage to trust, both herself and the prince she’s fallen in love with?

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The Royal Order of Fighting Dragons


Free Download Dan Elish, "The Royal Order of Fighting Dragons"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1944109544 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 6.8 mb
"Elish delivers a fast-paced, entertaining story with appealing characters, a healthy dose of action, and a dash of humor" ~Publishers Weekly

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Tempest The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions [Audiobook]


Free Download James Davey, Philip Battley (Narrator), "Tempest: The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions"
English | ASIN: B0CPNJNM45 | 2023 | M4B@64 kbps | ~11:45:00 | 353 MB
A major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution
The French Revolutionary Wars catapulted Britain into a conflict against a new enemy: Republican France. Britain relied on the Royal Navy to protect its shores and empire, but as radical ideas about rights and liberty spread across the globe, it could not prevent the spirit of revolution from reaching its ships.

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Mortal Monarchs 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge [Audiobook]


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Sept. 29, 2022 | English | ASIN: B09VM5GWH5 | 7 hrs 47 mins | M4B & MP3 @126 kbps | 424.5 to 430.5 MB
Unabridged | Retail
How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the Descriptions, accusations, rivalries and ever-present threat of poison that the kings and queens of old faced.
From the "bloody" fascinating story behind Oliver Cromwell’s demise and the subsequent treatment of his corpse and whether the arrow William II caught in the chest was an accident or murder, to Henry IV’s remarkable skin condition and the red-hot poker up Edward II’s rear end, Mortal Monarchs captivates, grosses-out and informs.

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Sailors on the Rocks Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks


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English | January 31st, 2016 | ISBN: 1783400625 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 15.09 MB
For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did "Rule the Waves", in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral was to generously acknowledge that the Royal Navy possessed, "a tradition of victory." And yet, in every other way, the waves were never ruled by any maritime power. Great fleets might wax and wane, ships grow ever more complex and powerful, but the sea, the eternally cruel sea, was always to have the final say.

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Endgame Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival


Free Download Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival by Omid Scobie
English | November 28th, 2023 | ISBN: 0063258668 | 416 pages | True EPUB/pdf | 32.84 MB
Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy-an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family.

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By Royal Appointment Tales from the Privy Council – The Unknown Arm of Government


Free Download David Rogers, "By Royal Appointment: Tales from the Privy Council – The Unknown Arm of Government"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1849548560 | EPUB | pages: 344 | 0.5 mb
The Privy Council, which formally advises the sovereign, has existed since ‘remote antiquityâ€, and this history of the institution explores, by means of stories and anecdotes from its chequered past, the councilâ€s waning influence over rival institutions, including the Cabinet and the judiciary.

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