Netflix’s original series The Crown painted a unique and intimate portrait of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Written by expert historical biographer Robert Lacey, this official companion to the show is an in-depth exploration of the early years of Elizabeth II’s time as Queen (1947 – 1955), complete with extensive research, additional material and exclusive, beautifully reproduced images.
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.
Drawing on more than four years of intensive interviews with Ford and her intimates, associates, and rivals, as well as exclusive access to agency documents and memorabilia, Robert Lacey weaves an unforgettable tale of a determined entrepreneur and the empire she built—a story of beauty, ambition, business, and popular culture as powerful and complex as the woman at its center.
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.
9/11 gave birth to many conspiracy theories – among them the suspicion that Islamic charities were knowing and willing vehicles for Islamic terrorism. Robert Lacey examines this accusation with his co-editor Jonathan Benthall.
Robert Lacey applies the classic formula of the Brief Life to the most recognized yet still enigmatic woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth II.
Sheltered between the cradle of civilization and the busiest trade routes of the ancient world, the Arabian Peninsula is home to millennia-old civilizations that have blossomed and thrived in some of the world’s harshest conditions.
Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country’s roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers.
A treasury of true stories, about the extraordinary people, knights and knaves, rebels and heroes, queens and commoners, who made Britain great. From ancient…
Captain Cook, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Edward the Abdicator, and more
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.
Joan of Arc, the princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton, and more.
Great Tales is accessible history at its finest, based on the latest research and packed with insight, wit and brilliant detail.