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The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant.

A feast for history lovers--the whole colorful parade of English history brilliantly captured in a single volume.From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion. In GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY, Robert Lacey recounts the remarkable episodes that shaped a nation as only a great storyteller can: by combining impeccable accuracy with the timeless drama that has made these tales live for centuries. This new paperback edition is encyclopedic in scope, gathering together all of Robert Lacey's great tales previously published in three separate hardcover volumes. The book comprises 154 delectable stories, each brimming with insight, humor, and fascinating detail. Bite-sized history at its best, GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY belongs on every Anglophile's bookshelf."An informative, trustworthy distillation, less a debunking than an entertaining, wryly lucid reconstruction of the facts. . . . The tales weave a narrative as finely thatched as an English cottage." -Tennessean"Eminently readable, highly enjoyable. . . GREAT TALES should appeal to the reader who appreciates individuals and their personalities more than mere mass movements." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Beautifully written, full of things you didn't know, and well worth a read if you want a new view on stories you thought you'd already understood." -Living History

This biography is based on extensive research into Grace Kelly. The book looks at her early life, with her numerous lurid affairs and relationships with all the Hollywood greats, and the contrast this made with her later years with Prince Rainier and her difficult family.

Bestseller New York Times od historického konzultanta oceňovaného seriálu The Crown z Netflixu je považován za „Královskou knihu roku“. Robert Lacey, britský historik a biograf, se více než čtyřicet let věnuje královně Alžbětě II. a její rodině. Jeho průlomová biografie „Majesty“ se stala základem pro jeho mezinárodní přednáškovou činnost a mediální vystoupení. Synové prince Charlese a princezny Diany, princové William a Harry, jsou první generací britské královské rodiny, kterou od narození sledovala média, což vedlo k pocitu, že o nich víme vše. Lacey, jako odborník na královskou rodinu, se v této knize zaměřuje na rozkol mezi oběma bratry a zkoumá důvody jejich roztržky. Vracení se do jejich dětství a dospívání odhaluje, jak je ovlivnilo vědomí, že jeden z nich bude králem, zatímco druhý zůstane „náhradníkem“. Laceyho analýza komplikovaných vztahů v královské rodině pokrývá období od počátku osmdesátých let až po současnost, včetně kontroverzního interview Harryho a Meghan s Oprah Winfreyovou a pohřbu prince Philipa.

First published to mark the Queen Mother's 87th birthday, God Bless Her. has been revised and expanded, and is republished in this commemorative edition with portraits and photos by luminaries such as Augustus John, Cecil Beaton and Lord Snowdon.

Spanning more than a hundred years and four generations, the story of Henry Ford, the automobile company he created, and the dynasty he founded is one of the great dramas of our time, yet never before has it been told from beginning to end in all its richness. Now Robert Lacey has captured in one volume the public achievements and the private tragedies, the feuds, affairs, and personalities that make up this epic tale. Ford is above all the story of a handful of powerful individuals whose ambitions have helped shape modern American society: Henry Ford I, the founder, one of history's great figures, whose legendary achievements - the Model T, the moving assembly line, the Five Dollar Day, the Peace Ship - and down-home folk wisdom are recounted in school civics courses. Here for the first time Lacey reveals the extraordinarily complex and contradictory man behind the public icon Henry Ford was at once a dedicated pacifist and a war profiteer; a champion of the rights of minorities and a virulent anti-Semite; a dedicated family man who supported a mistress and an illegitimate son; a loving father who hounded and bullied his only legitimate son into an early grave.

The accession of Henry VIII was greeted with rapture by his subjects: young, handsome and open-handed, the new King seemed the antithesis of his careful and suspicious father, and he lost no time in making his Court the most colourful and extravagant in Europe. Yet this glamorous exterior only partly disguised the unpredictable and savagely ruthless nature of the King, and as his reign developed, these traits were to become increasingly evidence. Henry's desperate efforts to father a legitimate male heir for his kingdom led him to marry six times, to make himself Supreme Head of the English Church as well as absolute ruler of the State, and to cut down or cast aside all those who stood in his way, or who failed to carry out his wishes.

The Kingdom is the story of a country--a country of astonishing contrasts, where routine computer printouts open with the words "In the name of God," where men who grew up in goat-hair tents now dominate the money markets of the world, and where murderers and adulterers are publicly executed in the street. By its own reckoning, this country is just entering the fifteenth century. The Kingdom is also the story of a family--a family that has fought its way from poverty and obscurity into wealth and power the likes of which the world has never known, a family characterized by fierce loyalty among its members, ruthlessness toward its enemies, and dedication to one of the world's most severe and demanding creeds. The Kingdom is Saudi Arabia--the only country in the world to bear the name of the family that rules it.

"Princess" 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 Paperback – 1983 by Robert Lacey 1982

The world dreams of taking tea with her. She is the living embodiment of grandeur that was, and is, England. In this brilliantly researched book, Robert Lacey combines the sweep of history with the intimate nuance of individual lives to raise the curtain on the royal mystique. Here is the personal side of a Queen who adores the Beatles' Yellow Submarine and watches Kojak on the telly - and an enthralling view of the passions and drama behind the world's greatest remaining monarchy.