Pierwsza część oficjalnego przewodnika po serialu The Crown. Odkryj sekrety
brytyjskiej korony za zamkniętymi drzwiami Pałacu Buckingham i 10 Downing
Street. Nagła śmierć ojca sprawiła, że dwudziestopięcioletnia kobieta stojąca
u progu zmagań z nowa rolą - matki i żony - musiała zostać monarchinią. To
właśnie wtedy Elizabeth Mountbatten stała się królową Elżbietą II. Gdy Wielka
Brytania wyszła z cienia wojny, Elżbieta II stanęła przed wielkimi wyzwaniami
nie tylko politycznymi, ale też osobistymi. Na przestrzeni lat wspięła się na
wyżyny determinacji i wykazała niezwykłą siłą oraz niezłomnością, walcząc o
dobre imię królestwa.
Drugi tom księgi wiedzy o serialu The Crown i fascynującej historii królowej
Elżbiety II Tym razem Robert Lacey, konsultant historyczny hitu Netflixa,
odpowiada na wszystkie pytania dotyczące wątków z drugiego i trzeciego sezonu.
Przyjrzyj się dwóm burzliwym dekadom panowania królowej Elżbiety II: kluczowym
momentom społecznym, politycznym i osobistym oraz ich skutkom nie tylko dla
rodziny królewskiej, ale również dla otaczającego ją świata. Od kryzysu
sueskiego i radzieckiego wyścigu kosmicznego po spuściznę współpracy księcia
Windsoru z Hitlerem, a także głośne tematy związane z królewskim małżeństwem,
książka ta daje wgląd w historyczne dziesięciolecia i odsłania prawdę ukrytą
za dramatem rozgrywającym się na ekranie. To fascynujące i wciągające
spojrzenie na historię, która zainspirowała ten serialowy fenomen, oraz na
lata, które okazały się kluczowym czasem kształtowania Królowej, jaką znamy.
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.
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
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.
Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oilmarket convulsions of today, "Inside the Kingdom" gives readers a modern history of the Saudis in their own words, revealing a people attempting to reconcile life under religious law with the demands of a rapidly changing world.
From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great Tales of English History, Robert Lacey captures one hundred of the most pivotal moments: the stories and extraordinary characters who helped shape a nation. This first volume begins in 7150 BC with the life and death of Cheddar Man and ends in 1381with Wat Tyler and the Peasants' Revolt. We meet the Greek navigator Pytheus, whose description of the Celts as prettanike (the 'painted people') yielded the Latin word Britannici. We witness the Roman victory celebrations of AD 43, where a squadron of elephants were paraded through Colchester. And we visit the New Forest, in 1100, and the mysterious shooting of King William Rufus. Packed with insight, humour and fascinating detail, Robert Lacey brings the stories that made England brilliantly to life. From Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to the Black Prince, this is, quite simply, history as history should be told.
In 1977, Robert Lacey's bestselling MAJESTY was the first serious biography of Elizabeth II, defining the affection for the Queen that underlay the popular success of the Silver Jubilee. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of her accession, ROYAL brings her remarkable story up to date. It provides a fresh portrait of her relationship with Prince Philip, and its effect on their children; it describes how the Queen has worked to live up to and maintain her strongly held beliefs, shaped over the years by the wishes and dreams - and sometimes the anger and unhappiness - of the people; and it explains how and why the monarchy continues to enjoy such enduring support. In addition, the Jubilee Paperback edition has been updated to reflect all the fast-changing events of the Jubilee year, specifically: * The controversy over the work activities of Prince Edward and Sophie * Prince Harry's escapades with drink and drugs * The death of Princess Margaret * The death of royal critic Lord Altrincham
An insider account of tumult and secrecy revealing the untold details of William and Harry's early closeness then estrangement. It asks what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures - one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge that he will always remain spare
Ein Einblick in die Geschichte und die Arbeitsweise des größten und reichsten Auktionshauses der Welt sowie des Kunstmarkts, den es bedient, beleuchtet einige seiner prächtigsten Geschäfte und hebt den Verkauf des Nachlasses von Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis im Jahr 1996 hervor.
Basierend auf Interviews mit Lansky's engen Freunden und kriminellen Partnern, mit Experten der Strafverfolgung und Mitgliedern von Lanskys eigener Familie sowie unter Verwendung zuvor unveröffentlichter Dokumente, die von Lansky selbst verfasst wurden, ist dies sowohl die Biografie eines Mob-Betreibers als auch eine Sozialgeschichte des amerikanischen Verbrechens.
