BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Books on the Royal Family (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: March 13, 2012

A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION: VICTORIA, ALBERT, AND THE DEATH THAT CHANGED THE BRITISH MONARCHY

by Helen Rappaport

"Fluid reading by the knowledgeable author of Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion."

Absorbing account of the making of a queen through her awful, protracted grief. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: April 3, 2012

QUEEN OF THE CONQUEROR: THE LIFE OF MATILDA, WIFE OF WILLIAM I

by Tracy Borman

"A richly layered treatment of the stormy reign that yielded the incomparable Bayeux Tapestry and the Domesday Book."

A British historian brings to life Queen Matilda's enormous accomplishments in consolidating early Norman rule. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 15, 2012

SHOOTING VICTORIA: MADNESS, MAYHEM, AND THE REBIRTH OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY

by Paul Thomas Murphy

"The pages slip by in this well-written new take on Victoria and her times. Murphy's detailed rendering sheds entirely new light on the queen's strengths and her many weaknesses."

Enlightening study of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and her reign. Read full book review >