Royalty & Religion Biographies

The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism Accessible, informed, and balanced. . . . The author manages to tread on fragile ground with aplomb. . . . An exceptional tool for understanding. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The Chabad-Lubavitch movement, one of the world's best-known Hasidic groups, is driven by the...

A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices of the twentieth century. Having won almost every entertainment award there is, Brooks has straddled the line between outsider and insider, obedient and rebellious, throughout...

For centuries, readers have comfortably accepted Julian of Norwich as simply a mystic. In this astute book, Denys Turner offers a new interpretation of Julian and the significance of her work. Turner argues that this fourteenth-century thinker's sophisticated approach to theological questions places her legitimately within the pantheon of other great medieval theologians, including Thomas Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux, and...

A finalist for the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and winner of the 2004 Bancroft Prize and the American Society of Church History's Philip Schaff Prize. "The finest biography of this towering figure. . . . Marsden guides readers through Edwards’s profoundly alien world with authority and fluidity."—Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly A controversial theologian and the author...

The definitive biography of Ivan the Terrible, setting the Tsar's infamous cruelty within the context of 16th-century Russia. "[A] magnificent biography . . . illuminated by the wisdom gained by its author from a lifetime of learning and reflection about the place of Russia in the wider world." — Orlando Figes, New York Review of Books "Likely to become the...

More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects’ welfare Shakespeare’s centuries-old portrayal of Henry V established the king’s reputation as a warmongering monarch, a perception that has persisted ever since. But in this engaging study, a different view of Henry emerges:...

This first modern study of Henry the Young King, 1155-1183, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics...

The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III’s rule. “Professor Carpenter is one of Britain’s foremost medievalists…No one knows more about Henry, and a lifetime of scholarship is here poured out, elegantly and often humorously. This is a fine, judicious, illuminating work that should be the standard study of the reign for generations to come.”—Dan Jones, The Sunday...

Heinrich Heine by George Prochnik is a rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany’s most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers. "A concise, fast-paced biography of the German poet, critic, and essayist. . . . A discerning portrait of the writer and his times." –Kirkus Reviews "Prochnik provides a jaunty narrative of Heine’s schooldays in Bonn and Göttingen, journalistic...

The oldest extant Marathi work, a medieval chronicle of Chakradhar's divine life on earth, in a new English translation. God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be a divine incarnation of Parameshvar. Mhaimbhat, a Brahmin goldsmith who became one of Chakradhar's most important followers,...

A highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka’s life, work, legacy, and thought Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life, he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence—in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of...

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 CE, was incredibly influential in the last decades of the fourth century. Whereas his major surviving text—the Panarion, an encyclopedia of heresies—is studied for lost sources, Epiphanius himself is often dismissed as an anti-intellectual eccentric, a marginal figure of late antiquity. In this book, Andrew S. Jacobs moves Epiphanius from...

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, leading troops into battle, signing imperial orders, and astutely handling matters of the state. Acclaimed historian Ruby Lal...

An entirely original account of Victoria’s relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837. "A widely and deeply researched, elegantly written, and vital portrayal of [Queen Victoria’s] place in colonial Indian affairs.”—Journal of Modern History In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert...

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, leading troops into battle, signing imperial orders, and astutely handling matters of the state. Acclaimed historian Ruby Lal...

An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066. "In putting flesh back on Edward’s bones Licence has brought a new succession story to popular attention."—Leanda de Lisle, The Times “This fine biography of Edward the Confessor is both entertaining and elegiac.” —Nicholas Vincent, The Tablet One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon...

The first scholarly biography of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv in English in over thirty-five years. Defender of the Faithful explores the life and thought of Levi Yitshak of Berdychiv (1740–1809), one of the most fascinating and colorful Hasidic leaders of his time. It is an intellectual and religious biography, a reading of the development of his thought and career. Featuring...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a reexamination of the biblical David, legendary warrior, poet, and king, by one of America’s most respected rabbis. "An excellent study of the most fascinating character in the Old Testament."—Wall Street Journal "A portrait of David that is vibrant and nuanced, full of the complications that marked his life."—Jewish Week Of all the figures...

A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire. "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror." — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Week Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut the Great, the...

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy. “A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won’t see Cleopatra the same way again.”—Publishers Weekly “Where Prose really sparkles: her critiques of the cultural depictions of Cleopatra.”—Allison Arieff, San Francisco Chronicle The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly...

A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his personal and theological battles. During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509–1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days, he lived out the implications of that...

In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author Michael Shnayerson sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather...

From one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sigmund Freud comes a strikingly original biography of the father of psychoanalysis. Becoming Freud is the story of the young Freud—Freud up until the age of fifty—that incorporates all of Freud’s many misgivings about the art of biography. Freud invented a psychological treatment that involved the telling and revising of life stories,...

The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish folklore “In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life—the one that goes on forever. Becoming Elijah blends meticulous scholarship with bold literary and poetic imagination. Don’t miss it!”—Arthur Green, author of Judaism for the World "The author’s...

A great theatre critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights. "Lahr's cogent analyses are revelatory... He does not reduce the work to the life, but shows how it explains the life from which it emerges."—Willard Spiegelman, Wall Street Journal New Yorker critic Lahr shines in this searching account of the life...

This revelatory book shows how the influential and controversial Empress Dowager Cixi used art and architecture to establish her authority. Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908), who ruled China from 1861 until her death in 1908, is a subject of fascination and controversy, at turns vilified for her political manoeuvring and admired for modernising China. In addition to being an astute politician,...

Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who travelled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel. He arrived in the midst of a democratic revolution—the first of its kind in the Middle East—led by a group of...

An imaginative reassessment of Æthelred, one of medieval England’s most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure. The Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978–1016) has long been considered to be inscrutable, irrational, and poorly advised. Infamous for his domestic and international failures, Æthelred was unable to fend off successive Viking raids, leading to the notorious St. Brice’s Day Massacre in...

A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial “Father of the Nuclear Navy” “A superb and even-handed treatment of a complex, brilliant, and driven admiral who inspired both awe and loathing across the Navy he fundamentally reshaped.”—Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Commander, NATO, and author of 2034 Known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” Admiral Hyman George Rickover...

A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice “When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.” So said Polish-born American rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) of his involvement in the 1965 Selma civil rights march alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. Heschel, who spoke with a...

The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history. In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of the origins of a fundamental struggle within Judaism between scepticism and faith, critique and affirmation, thinking for oneself and thinking under the...

The Swan King is the biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the 19th century, described by Verlaine as 'the only true king of his century'. A man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, Ludwig II of Bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of Richard Wagner and for the fabulous palaces which...

This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family’s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the “waiting room for the guillotine” because prisoners only spent a day or two here before their conviction and subsequent execution. The...

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (1898) is an autobiography by Lili'uokalani. Published in 1898, the book was written in the aftermath of Lili'uokalani's attempt to appeal on behalf of her people to President Grover Cleveland, a personal friend. Although it inspired Cleveland to demand her reinstatement, the United States Congress published the Morgan Report in 1894, which denied U.S. involvement...

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is "rich in reflection on contemporary sanctity" (George Weigel). Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work...

Jesus comes to life in this fascinating modern biography excerpted from The Urantia Book. Many of these historical stories are familiar to readers of the New Testament, but dozens are new, including the missing years not found in the Bible. Here, you discover Jesus presented as never before, both as divine Son and human hero whose matchless life inspires, comforts,...

The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet it’s too often dismissed as something which only existed in books – just the usual legends of King Arthur, told and retold in thousands of ways. Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way chivalric romance made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry...

Explore 500 years of the British royal family and how their portrayal has developed throughout the ages through beautiful artworks from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection. The Royals: Tudors to Windsors features some of the earliest works in the National Portrait Gallery's Collection alongside their most recent acquisitions. This beautiful publication includes a timeline of key events and is illustrated...

Royal expert and TV historian Kate Williams opens the doors to 30 palaces, castles, and houses that have been connected with the British royals over the centuries. Well known for her expert insights in the media and on countless royal documentaries, Kate takes you on a tour of the UK’s most fascinating palaces, past and present, to unveil the scandalous...

Delightfully informal family photographs of The Queen as a young girl, as a young wife and mother, on holiday and enjoying the company of her children and dogs are joined by more formal images illustrating the official life of the monarch on grand state occasions, such as the Coronation, the State Opening of Parliament, and Trooping the Colour—not to mention...

Matthew Dennison's elegant and magisterial biography of Her late Majesty, updated following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 'A worthy and balanced overview of the Queen's life. Dennison is especially good on her childhood... quietly, tactfully, tastefully reverent.' The Times The death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022 was more than just...

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 64 years, longer than any British monarch in history. During that time, the Queen has endured the ups and downs that long life will bring. She was a beacon of hope during and after the Second World War, in difficult times when the world faced a precarious future. She has served...

Britain's most authentically prophetic voice - Daily Telegraph The choice with which humankind is faced is between the idea of power and the power of ideas. From his appointment as Chief Rabbi in 1991, through to his death in November 2020, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks made an incalculable contribution not just to the religious life of the Jewish community but...

For the first time, all 70 of the Queen's Christmas speeches are published together in full, along with six additional feature speeches made at significant points in her life. Organised by decade, each chapter opens with a narrative essay on the key events that follow, providing an important contextual backdrop to the speeches. From times of national and global turmoil...

The Man the Anzacs Revered by Daniel Reynaud tells the story of William McKenzie, a once-famous figure among the Anzacs, celebrated for his dedicated work on Gallipoli and in France. McKenzie served as a Salvation Army Chaplain, a type of non-combatant officer who was usually regarded with little respect. Despite this, McKenzie's strong stance against booze, brothels, betting, and bad...

A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's career, The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and influential minds of the sixteenth century. Richard Rex traces how, in a concentrated burst of creative energy in the few years surrounding his excommunication by Pope Leo...

The Lost Queen is described as "a good story, embracing character, emotion and drama... refreshing," according to The Times. "A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait... Wittily written and rich in detail," notes Miranda Seymour. Despite Catherine of Braganza's crucial place in British history and that of its Empire, she has since been overshadowed by stories of the king's many mistresses...

Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The Confessions of Saint Augustine describes Saint Augustine’s conversion to Christianity and is the basis for his reputation as one of Christianity's most influential thinkers.

'Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.' - Henry Fielding George Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might also have said that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the political and sexual scandals that take place in...

The incredible story of a controversial rock star, his secret addiction to methamphetamines, and his miraculous salvation through Jesus Christ. Candid and inspiring, Save Me from Myself is a rock 'n' roll journey unlike any other.

Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; Spectator Best Book of the Year It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong. In Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, Anne Somerset masterfully traces Victoria’s political evolution, from headstrong teenager to seasoned octogenarian. This book demonstrates her passionate involvement in state affairs,...

A revised edition of a compelling photographic history of Queen Elizabeth II's life and reign. This book is a photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, from her first official photograph as a baby in 1926 to her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Each of the book's chapters begins with a text by bestselling historian and biographer Philip Ziegler, covering the key...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER "It is a beautifully written book about a unique and extraordinary man who was the longest-serving consort to the longest reigning monarch in British history. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best." - DAILY EXPRESS "Gloriously witty and incisive" - DAILY MAIL "It's bloody brilliant, totally inspiring ......

The definitive biography of King Charles with exclusive material and insight from a source close to the King himself.

'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.' When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years of age, she had just publicly celebrated...

"I loved—and to a slightly uncomfortable degree related to—this book." Charles Bethea, staff writer at The New Yorker Funny, perceptive, and deeply personal, Mediocre Monk follows Grant Lindsley's rocky journey toward spiritual growth—one that ultimately leads him to places he never imagined. After the sudden death of a friend, Grant Lindsley abandons his corporate job to train as a monk...

Love Is a Journey is the remarkable story of Albino Luciani, known to the world as Pope John Paul I, from his harrowing birth to his tragic death just 33 days into his 1978 pontificate—the shortest pontificate in history. After years of dedicated archival research, and after interviewing dozens of figures in the Catholic hierarchy, as well as Pope John...

When Robert Francis Prevost OSA appeared on the loggia of St. Peter’s on 8th May 2025, he surprised the world. The first North American pope is a quiet man few had heard of, following the legacy of one of the most media savvy pontiffs in history. Yet, with subtle gestures, Pope Leo has shown that he is a bridge-builder, a...

"As a major fan and promoter of Julian of Norwich, whom I call 'my favourite mystic', it is genuinely exciting to find such a faithful but freeing translation of Julian's long-lost Showings. Now they are no longer lost—for anyone!" -Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation In this contemporary translation of one of the most beloved and influential...

An omnibus edition containing Joyful Voices and Voices of Love. An omnibus of two of Doris Stokes' extremely successful books, Joyful Voices and Voices of Love, bestsellers in the early 1980s. Doris Stokes was a celebrated medium who confounded sceptics with the uncanny accuracy of her readings. In Australia, she filled the Sydney Opera House and was mobbed in the...

This autobiography traces Francis X. Clooney's intellectual and spiritual journey from middle-class American Catholicism to a lifelong study of Hinduism. It explains how he came to fashion comparative theology as a way of learning interreligiously that is boldly intellectual and deeply personal and practical, lived out in intersections of his roles as theologian and scholar of Hinduism, as professor and...

Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist, and writer of medical treatises. Despite her cloistered life, she had strong, often controversial views on sex, love, and marriage too—an astonishing woman in her own age, whose book of apocalyptic visions, Scivias, would alone have...

Henry VIII was one of the most volatile and unpredictable monarchs in English history. Despite his famously explosive temper, his overbearing bluster, and his appalling disregard for human life, he also proved himself at times to be a caring husband, a loyal friend, a compassionate ruler, and a pious believer as well. Henry VIII: A Reference Guide to His Life...

Alone in a foreign land, Viking warrior Einar must choose his loyalties in the face of war. The gripping new instalment in the Whale Road Chronicles. For the first time, Einar and the Wolf Coats find themselves divided, on opposing sides in a time of warfare: the Wolf Coats in Ireland, and Einar in the Saxon domains of England. Einar...

The explosive new book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie, author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, Endgame is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy. An unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to great lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life...

“Jones’ remarkable story is impossible to put down." —Booklist "Shocking, sad and hopeful." —The Minneapolis Star Tribune “This gripping story of survival, resilience, and hope is one I will not soon forget.” —Ruth Wariner, New York Times Bestselling Author, The Sound of Gravel For fans of Educated and The Sound of Gravel, The Dirt Beneath Our Door tells the remarkable...

A mother's celebration of the power and wonder of lifelong reading Zibby Owens, My Most Anticipated Books 2025 In Children of the Book, Ilana Kurshan reveals how literature weaves an invisible thread through the tapestry of family life. Kurshan, a mother of five living in Jerusalem, struggles to balance her passion for books with her responsibilities as a parent. Gradually,...

A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life “Kidd’s biography may well be the best treatment of Jefferson’s religious and moral life available, and certainly it is among the few to take those two subjects seriously while carefully avoiding hagiography or anachronism. It deserves a wide readership.”—Miles Smith, National Review “Set aside everything you...

'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises...

A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history’s most maligned rulers: France’s Louis XVI “The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI as a man and a monarch.”—P. M. Jones, English Historical Review “Monumental. . . . Scholars probing the mysteries of the late Old Regime and French Revolution will be working in its shadow for many years to...

A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded Egyptian power. Over a span of 300 years, the period was witness to intellectual enlightenment, imaginative state-building,...

A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen. “Presents Marie-Antoinette as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics.” — Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books “Splendid. . . . Masterly. ....

A prominent scholar explores King Arthur’s historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century. According to legend, King Arthur saved Britain from the Saxons and reigned over it gloriously sometime around A.D. 500. Whether or not there was a “real” King Arthur has all too often been neglected by scholars; most period specialists...

NOW A MAJOR APPLE+ TV SERIES 'Magnificent' ANTHONY BOURDAIN 'Irresistible' HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL 'A classic' DAMIAN BARR From historian and screenwriter, Ian Kelly, comes the legendary story of Carême, the original celebrity chef. Recounting the fairy-tale-like rise of Antonin Carême from Parisian orphan to a household name synonymous with culinary luxury, Carême offers a unique conflation of historical biography, social history...

The most impactful lessons of Paramahansa Yogananda paired with thoughtful analysis and modern applications in an elegant and accessible format Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi is a spiritual classic that has inspired millions, offering profound insights into meditation, self-realisation, and universal truth. Blending deeply personal storytelling with transformative metaphysical wisdom, Yogananda's memoir is a journey through the extraordinary—introducing timeless...

Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality. Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year...

Exploring beyond the banal newspaper headlines that have caricatured our future king over the years, Robert Jobson's biography provides a fresh insight into the extraordinary life of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, as he passes his seventieth birthday at a watershed in the history of the modern British monarchy. Based on extensive fresh material and resources, the book debunks the...

Charles III: The Making of a King highlights the most important portraits of King Charles III from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection. Charles III: The Making of a King celebrates King Charles III in the year of his coronation. Follow Charles' life from a baby, his investiture as Prince of Wales, to becoming king through the National Portrait Gallery's collection...

"I put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang on to that love and look after it. You must protect it." Diana, Princess of Wales Kate Middleton's life story seems like a modern-day fairy-tale. An attractive, clever, and ambitious girl from unexceptional beginnings meets and falls in love with a wealthy...