Emily and the Notorious Prince

Emily and the Notorious Prince
Author: India Grey
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426869789

A playboy prince schemes to make an impoverished heiress his in this contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. She fled from her fairy-tale lifestyle when she’d discovered it was built on lies. Now naïve Emily Balfour is struggling to make ends meet. Prince Luis Cordoba instantly recognizes the Balfour heiress—the only woman who didn’t fall at his feet! Penniless Emily can’t refuse the offer of a roof over her head—even knowing she’ll be sharing the playboy’s bed! Whisked away to his royal kingdom, inexperienced Emily is no match for Luis’s potent sexuality. But her heart is warning her not to become just another notch on his regal bedpost!

Notorious Royal Marriages

Notorious Royal Marriages
Author: Leslie Carroll
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1101159774

From the author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry comes a funny and delightful history of the royal weddings and marriages of Europe’s most famous—and infamous—monarchs. This edition includes bonus chapters! “An irresistible combination of People magazine and the History Channel.”—Chicago Tribune Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love—and almost everything to do with diplomacy and dynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony to form such infamous couples as Russia’s Peter II and Catherine the Great, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici—all with the purpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high and silverware flying, kings like England’s Henry II have fled to the beds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine have plotted their revenge... Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs, this book chronicles the love-hate marriages of the crowned heads of Europe—from the Angevins to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry—and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.

Prince of Quacks

Prince of Quacks
Author: Timothy B. Riordan
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2015-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 078645511X

This is a biography of the controversial and flamboyant nineteenth century doctor Francis Tumblety. The doctor's exploits include arrests for complicity in the Lincoln assassination, selling abortion drugs, killing patients, indecent assault, and scrutiny as a possible suspect in the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Tumblety's sheen of respectability appeared crafted to cover his homosexuality and his provocative fields of practice.

Catherine and the Beast Prince

Catherine and the Beast Prince
Author: Jaymi Hanako
Publisher: Jaymi Hanako
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A bookish beauty. A beastly prince hiding away from the world… Disguised as a man, Catherine sets out to do the one thing that no one else has: to find Prince Edward. She planned on the quest being difficult. She knew that convincing him to return home would be near impossible but doesn’t expect the fire of passion that quickly flares up between them, especially since she’s hiding a dark secret of her own. As they try to move on from the past, an old enemy stalks them. A woman set on revenge who will stop at nothing—even if it means hurting anyone who happens to get in the way—to destroy the prince. Catherine and the Beast Prince was previously published as The Beast Prince by Amber Jantine.

Goodnight Sweet Prince

Goodnight Sweet Prince
Author: David Dickinson
Publisher: Constable
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780334176

Mystery surrounds the death of Queen Victoria's grandson England, 1892. Victoria, Queen and Empress, is in the 54th year of her reign, when her grandson Prince Eddy, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, is found slaughtered in his bed at Sandringham. Terrified of more royal scandal, the Prince of Wales and his spindoctors decide to cover up the facts and the murder is disguised as death by influenza. Lord Francis Powerscourt, an Irish investigator, is privately asked to find the killer. His quest takes him on a journey through the prince's debauched and dissolute past, across Europe to the misty waterways of Venice where, amidst scandal and suicide, Powerscourt finally unravels themystery of the sweet prince's last goodnight. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK " 'In this excellent novel, Dickinson weaves a tale of blackmail and murder among the royals late in Victoria's reign& [his] knowledge of the arts, history and literature is nothing if not exhaustive, and adds enormously to the overall background& One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and his friends in the near future.' - Publishers Weekly " 'This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt's debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a gilded life in the archives of crime.' - James Naughtie