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The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
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2013
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The Fate of the Romanovs
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2003
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Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
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2017
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Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders
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2000
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The Duchess Of Windsor
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1999
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The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery
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2010
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Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America
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2022
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A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
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2008
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Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
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2015
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The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
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2020
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“Many in America, as one social historian wrote, 'believed implicitly that New York's social leaders went to bed in full evening dress, brushed their teeth in vintage champagne, married their daughters without exception to shady French counts, and arrayed their poodle dogs in diamond tiaras.'...”
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“the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral,”
― The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
― The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
“A family on the throne is an interesting idea,” Walter Bagehot wrote in 1867. “It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.” He warned, however, against too much exposure of the personal monarchy: “If you begin to poke about it, you cannot reverence it.… Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic.”
― Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year
― Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year
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| A History of Royals: Open Reads January 2012 - Your Romanov Reviews | 13 | 35 | Feb 09, 2012 06:42AM | |
| Bright Young Things: October 2012 - The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport | 33 | 37 | Nov 26, 2012 01:49PM | |
| The History Book ...: SECOND WORLD WAR - THE LIBERATION TRILOGY - GLOSSARY - PART TWO ~ (SPOILER THREAD) | 208 | 332 | Feb 08, 2015 07:54AM | |
| Bright Young Things: May 2015- The Lusitania Story by Mitch Peeke | 86 | 17 | May 09, 2015 06:08AM | |
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| The Reading Chall...: Camille's 2015 Reading Challenge | 63 | 96 | Sep 30, 2015 04:53AM | |
| Bright Young Things: October 2015- The Trigger by Tim Butcher | 35 | 24 | Aug 22, 2016 05:00PM | |
| The History Book ...: ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR | 102 | 679 | Oct 28, 2016 11:46AM | |
| Bright Young Things: What book have you just finished? | 673 | 249 | Sep 17, 2017 11:00AM |
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