Robert Lacey: 13 books
Great Tales from English History (Book 2)
Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton, and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
The greatest historians are vivid storytellers, Robert Lacey reminds us, and in Great Tales from English History, he proves his place among them, illuminating in unforgettable detail the characters and events that shaped a nation. In this volume, Lacey limns the most important period in England's...
by Robert Lacey
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
First published in 1991 as Little Man: The Gangster Life of Meyer Lansky, the original text has been revised and updated for this edition by Robert Lacey, and much bonus material added.
“Daring and well written … it would be criminal not to read it.” People magazine
They called...
Great Tales from English History (3)
Captain Cook, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Edward the Abdicator, and More
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
History at its best--the great stories of England's modern age, distilled in Robert Lacey's inimitable style. From William and Mary to Watson and Crick, Robert Lacey's newest volume offers up the most delightful and intriguing English tales of the last few centuries. Royal families and renowned scientists,...
The Queen
A Life in Brief
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
the Queen
Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. She came into the world on April 21, 1926, the equivalent of the modern Princess Beatrice, first-born daughter of the Duke of York, destined to flutter on the royal fringe. So while Lilibet was brought up with almost religious respect for the...
Model Woman
Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
A revealing, no-holds-barred portrait of the legendary Eileen Ford—the entrepreneur who transformed the business of modeling and helped invent the celebrity supermodel.
Working with her husband, Jerry, Eileen Ford created the twentieth century’s largest and most successful modeling agency,...
by Robert Lacey
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Movie legend, princess, tragic heroine. The moment Grace Kelly stepped into the spotlight in 1950, the world was entranced.
In this definitive biography of Hollywood’s sweetheart, Robert Lacey looks behind the fairytale facade to reveal the real story of Princess Grace of Monaco, as she became.
Gaining...
Monarch
The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political...
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1
Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The official companion to the Emmy-winning Netflix drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and starring Claire Foy and John Lithgow, The Crown by Peter Morgan, featuring additional historical background and beautifully reproduced archival photos and show stills
Elizabeth Mountbatten...
by Robert Lacey
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
The official companion to the second and third seasons of the Emmy-winning Netflix drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, featuring additional historical background, expert commentary, and beautifully reproduced images
Starring Claire Foy and Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II, seasons...
Inside the Kingdom
Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale."
-Tom Brokaw
Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. In this immensely...
Great Tales from English History
The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2004
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England--from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman.
When The Night Comes Down
Sixteen Tales of Darkness Descending
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
TRAPPED WITHIN THE TWILIGHT… Call it what you like: dusk, twilight, sunset. It’s that magical moment between daylight and darkness when anything is possible — the evening ahead promises untold enchantment… or nameless dread.
Within are 16 tales of the oncoming blackness, including...
Pragmatic Conservatism
Edmund Burke and His American Heirs
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book is a study of pragmatic conservatism, an underappreciated tradition in modern American political thought, whose origins can be located in the ideas of Edmund Burke. Beginning with an exegesis of Burke's thought, it goes on to show how three twentieth-century thinkers who are not generally...