In 1914 Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, the nineteen-year-old eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia, sails to England to meet her cousin Edward, Prince of Wales, generally
From his early days as guitarist with Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders, Roy Wood was always a major figure on the Birmingham music scene. In 1965 he helped to form The Move, who weathered several lin
Princess Helena (1846-1923) was the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A steady, dependable young woman, known as ‘Lenchen’ within the family, she was particularly ‘useful’ to her dem
Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as ‘Dona’, was marked out from early childhood as a potential bride for Prince William of Prussia. When the
A two-act drama based around the illness and death of Frederick III, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, who reigned as German Emperor for only three months in 1888. The other characters include his wife Vi
Prince Henry of Prussia was the second son of Crown Prince Frederick William, later Emperor Frederick III, and the Crown Princess, later Empress Frederick. As a youth he joined the imperial German nav
This latest book from John Van der Kiste, the eminent historian of European royalty, is an account of Queen Victoria’s personal and political relationships with the empires, or to be more exact, the K
Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Admiral of the Fleet, was the second son of Queen Victoria. At 18 he was elected King of Greece, but not allowed to accept the crown. While touring
2016 Nominee - Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound ResearchA passionate music fan from childhood and much-respected teenage guitarist in his n
