Download or read book Heir to the Throne written by Neha Yazmin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the worthy can take the Throne... In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler of the land. If they are deemed worthy. 17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely. Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace? Heir to the Throne is a new epic high fantasy that's perfect if you're getting Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms or missing the Throne of Glass series.

Download or read book Heir to the Throne written by Kasey Michaels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Carradignes. A family of wealth and honor... But amidst this world of privilege and passion, an unforeseen peril lurks. From USA TODAY bestselling author Kasey Michaels, a compelling contemporary tale. A new queen is to be crowned. And a mysterious assassin is hell-bent on stopping it. But Captain Devon Montcalm will see Princess Kelly Carradigne ascend to her throne as queen, even if it means throwing himself in front of a bullet. From critically acclaimed author Carolyn Davidson, a heart-stopping historical prequel. A long-lost king has been discovered. And the false ruler will never let "Alex Carr" claim his birthright. But Alex has sharply honed skills from his dangerous past...and sweet Rebecca Hale to give him the strength to claim a destiny too long denied.

Download or read book The Heir to the Throne written by Ben Fischer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing exciting has ever happened to Edmund Roth. But that changes one day when he falls down a hole in his basement and finds himself in the middle of a civilization he never knew existed, with floating balls of energy and a dictatorial government that hates people from above—especially Edmund. But why? When a newfound friend tells him something he never knew about himself, Edmund embarks on a journey across a vast wasteland to find out who he really is. He makes friends along the way, but that doesn’t make the journey—both mental and physical—any easier. Complete with a McDonald’s, tayzers, and orbs, this is a journey of a boy discovering his own destiny.

Download or read book Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia written by Paul Bushkovitch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revisionist history explores how the tsar's power was transferred in Russia over three centuries, as cultural practices and customs evolved.

Download or read book The Raven Heir written by Stephanie Burgis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Robert Beatty and Shannon Hale comes a magical new middle grade fantasy series about a young shapeshifter trying to save her family. Deep within an enchanted forest lies a castle where a set of triplets and their sorceress mother have lived for years--safe from the decades-long war for the Raven Throne that rages in the kingdom. Cordelia, one of the triplets, has the power to become any animal with just a thought, and she yearns to discover more about the world outside her castle. But one day, the world comes to her, when the eldest of the triplets becomes the newest heir to the throne. Knowing that being named heir means certain death, Cordelia's mother hid the truth about which child is the eldest when she hid them in the forest. When her family is captured, it's up to Cordelia to use her powers to keep her siblings hidden and discover the truth about the Raven Heir--before it's too late. From the author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart comes a thrilling new fantasy full of magic, adventure, and the power of family. Acclaim for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart A Kids' Indie Next List Pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A VOYA Top Shelf Pick

Download or read book Heir of Fire written by Sarah J. Maas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heir of ash and fire bows to no one. A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. That truth could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena will need the strength not only to fight the evil that is about to be unleashed but also to harness her inner demons. If she is to win this battle, she must find the courage to face her destiny-and burn brighter than ever before. The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series continues Celaena's epic journey from woman to warrior.

Download or read book The Heir to the Throne written by Anya Yates and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heir to the Throne of the United kingdom has been waiting for sixty one years to take the Crown. He is haunted by a terrible existential dilemma because he can only become king, the role he was born for, when his mother dies or abdicates in his favour. Abdication is not an option because Her Majesty swore after her father died, when she was twenty four, to serve her people until the end of her life: "whether it be long or short". She is now eighty six, and her reign exceeds even that of Queen Victoria.In this gently subversive biographical novella, Anya Yates looks at the Heir's predicament in the light of his relationships with his two wives: the late Princess, who gave him two sons, before she died in a car crash; and his former mistress, who marries him after a long and unpopular liaison, and gives him the courage to go on. Their union is "not negotiable", neither by the Royals not by the People. As he passes his sixtieth birthday and sees his elder son become a People's Prince, there doesn't seem much chance that the increasingly unpopular Heir will realise his ambitions. Then Her Majesty seems to be offering him a gleam of hope...

Download or read book They Never Reigned written by Blair Hoffman and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British kings and queens are famous today. But many heirs to the British throne never became the actual king or queen due to various quirks of fate. This is their story. The stories include the oldest son of William the Conqueror, who lost the chance to become king because he was off fighting in the First Crusade; the White Ship disaster of 1120, England’s medieval Titanic, in which the sole male heir to the throne, and many others, drowned; an intrepid woman who nearly became queen in her own right four centuries before a woman actually did so; two princes who should have become a second King Arthur; the romantic warrior known to history as the Black Prince; the Princes in the Tower, who were supposedly murdered by King Richard III; the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded by Queen Elizabeth I after an utterly unfair trial; James, who was born the heir and then was overthrown while still a baby, and was later known as the Old Pretender; a beloved Nineteenth Century princess who tragically died in childbirth at the age of 21; and many more. Who suspected that the heirs who never reigned are every bit as interesting as those who did reign?

Download or read book Heir to the Throne written by Kerri Hawkins and published by Kerri Hawkins. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Ryan Alexander continues in this third installment of the Blood Legacy series. Although superficially resembling a vampire, Ryan possesses all of the mythical creature's abilities and none of its weaknesses. Surrounded by ancient beings who seek to dominate her by force or seduction, she has become the most powerful of her Kind. Due to Victor's continued illness, she is compelled by the Old Ones to take her place as sovereign. Ryan assumes command of the hierarchy, but is increasingly troubled by dark dreams, images that for once do not belong to any of her Kind. With growing concern, Ryan realizes the dreams might belong to one preceding her father's birth. Just as she begins to solidify power, old and new enemies appear, challenging not only her supremacy but her conception of all that she is. Once thought immortal, she is confronted with the previously unimaginable: defeat and destruction. For the first time in her life, Ryan is faced with the possibility of death. And although many of the predators of her Kind would face such a fate with horror or dread...Ryan finds it exhilarating.

Download or read book Heir to the Throne written by Natasha Pap and published by Cyberpublishing E-Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can order! 20 years old Nadia lives with her aunt, who wants nothing more then to see her niece happily married and continuing the family business. But Nadia has hopes and dreams of her own, she has no intention of becoming a tailor, and marriage is the last thing on her mind. While figuring out how to go after what she really wants, Nadia meets 22 year old Damon. Not always easy to deal with himself and just as stubborn, Damon meets his match when he enchanters Nadia. Using her highly developed and unique negotiation skills, Nadia convinces Damon to help her in her quest. Their search takes them further then they ever expected, to the world of secrets, lies and conspiracies bigger then anything they could ever imagine.

Download or read book The Heir Affair written by Heather Cocks and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making it up the aisle was the easy part: Rebecca "Bex" Porter must survive her own scandals and adjust to royal British life in this "positively delicious" follow-up to The Royal We that's "just as fun, charming, and delightful as the first" (Taylor Jenkins Reid). After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca "Bex" Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world's judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance. But when a crisis forces the new Duke and Duchess back to London, the Band-Aid they'd placed over their problems starts to peel at the edges. Now, as old family secrets and new ones threaten to derail her new royal life, Bex has to face the emotional wreckage she and Nick left behind: with the Queen, with the world, and with Nick's brother Freddie, whose sins may not be so easily forgotten—nor forgiven.

Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by Jane Ridley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars as “Bertie,” the future King Edward VII had a well-earned reputation for debauchery. A notorious gambler, glutton, and womanizer, he preferred the company of wastrels and courtesans to the dreary life of the Victorian court. His own mother considered him a lazy halfwit, temperamentally unfit to succeed her. When he ascended to the throne in 1901, at age fifty-nine, expectations were low. Yet by the time he died nine years later, he had proven himself a deft diplomat, hardworking head of state, and the architect of Britain’s modern constitutional monarchy. Jane Ridley’s colorful biography rescues the man once derided as “Edward the Caresser” from the clutches of his historical detractors. Excerpts from letters and diaries shed new light on Bertie’s long power struggle with Queen Victoria, illuminating one of the most emotionally fraught mother-son relationships in history. Considerable attention is paid to King Edward’s campaign of personal diplomacy abroad and his valiant efforts to reform the political system at home. Separating truth from legend, Ridley also explores Bertie’s relationships with the women in his life. Their ranks comprised his wife, the stunning Danish princess Alexandra, along with some of the great beauties of the era: the actress Lillie Langtry, longtime “royal mistress” Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles), and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston. Edward VII waited nearly six decades for his chance to rule, then did so with considerable panache and aplomb. A magnificent life of an unexpectedly impressive king, The Heir Apparent documents the remarkable transformation of a man—and a monarchy—at the dawn of a new century. Praise for The Heir Apparent “If [The Heir Apparent] isn’t the definitive life story of this fascinating figure of British history, then nothing ever will be.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Heir Apparent is smart, it’s fascinating, it’s sometimes funny, it’s well-documented and it reads like a novel, with Bertie so vivid he nearly leaps from the page, cigars and all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “I closed The Heir Apparent with admiration and a kind of wry exhilaration.”—The Wall Street Journal “Ridley is a serious scholar and historian, who keeps Bertie’s flaws and virtues in a fine balance.”—The Boston Globe “Brilliantly entertaining . . . a landmark royal biography.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Superb.”—The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The King s Heir written by Hogan Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zekian Ih'Lendin never wanted to be king.Six years ago, he fled his responsibilities as heir to the throne and disappeared into the wilderness. After a time, the kingdom seemed to forget about the young Ih'Lendin heir. The royal family came to accept that he was never coming back.Until, that is, Rolan Wiloby rides into Briand claiming to be the king's lost nephew. He comes in the middle of a dire situation: the king's health is deteriorating rapidly. Without hesitation, the queen accepts the charming prince into her home. Should King Abdiel die, Rolan will be crowned in his stead. All in the kingdom rejoice at the idea of such a kind and generous future king. Everyone...except Zekian Ih'Lendin.Desperate to reveal the truth about Rolan, Zeke sets out to the one place he thought he'd never see again--Castle Ih'Lendine. But once he arrives, it quickly becomes apparent that revealing the truth won't be quite as simple as he had hoped. There is something about Rolan Wiloby that is far more dangerous than meets the eye, and he plans on having the throne--and all of Caledonia--to himself, no matter the cost.There is only one true heir to the throne...but two have returned.

Download or read book Tied to the Crown written by Neha Yazmin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed. Disgraced. Banished. And now she wants revenge... Stripped of her title of Princess and banished from the Kingdom, Aaryana is determined to return to Adgar and uncover the mystery behind her mother's death. And the truth about her heritage. When an unexpected twist of fate lands her in another palace, close to another King, Aaryana realises that there might be a way for her to take her rightful place on the throne of Adgar. But can she go home when the King of Roshdan has other plans for her? Tied to the Crown is the second book in the Heir to the Throne Trilogy, a new epic high fantasy series that's perfect for anyone missing the Throne of Glass series or getting Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms.

Download or read book The Queens Regnant of Navarre written by Elena Woodacre and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five queens of Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, agency, and power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts.

Download or read book Prince Charles written by Sally Bedell Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen—perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life that sheds light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne one day. Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet has spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now. Praise for Prince Charles “[Smith] understands the British upper classes and aristocracy (including the royals) very well indeed. . . . [She] makes many telling, shrewd points in pursuit of realigning the popular image of Prince Charles.”—William Boyd, The New York Times Book Review “[A] masterly account.”—The Wall Street Journal “Thoroughly researched and insightful . . . In this profile, it is clear [Smith] got inside the circular barriers that protect the man and his position. The Charles that emerges is, as the subtitle suggests, both a paradox and a creature of his passions.”—The Washington Times “[A] compellingly juicy bio . . . Windsor-philes will be mesmerized.”—People “Prince Charles paints an affectingly human portrait. . . . Smith writes about [Charles’s life] with a skill and sympathy she perfected in her 2012 biography of Charles’s mother.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Comprehensive and admirably fair . . . Until his accession to the throne, Smith’s portrait will stand as the definitive study.”—Booklist (starred review) “[A] fascinating book that is not just about a man who would be king, but also about the duties that come with privilege.”—Walter Isaacson “Sally Bedell Smith has given us a complete and compelling portrait of the man in the shadow of the throne. It’s all here, from the back stairs of the palaces to the front pages of the tabs.”—Tom Brokaw

Download or read book Keys to the Realm written by Neha Yazmin and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic finale to the Heir to the Throne Trilogy sees Aaryana and her friends face their ultimate fears and enemies, loss and heartache, and a world forever changed. The Heir to the Throne Trilogy is a new epic high fantasy series that's perfect if you're getting Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms or missing the Throne of Glass series. Readers that enjoyed The Witcher, The Priory of the Orange Tree, and books with strong warrior princesses may also enjoy this royalty fantasy series.