List of Other Royal Biography Authors

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He wrote over twenty books about royalty and many have been translated in 11 different languages. Many of his books are available today on kindle, and as a bonus for kindle unlimited members, they are free to read. (Well, "free", minus the kindle unlimited membership fee.)?

Here are some of his titles:

A Family of Kings
Grandmama of Europe (ten guesses who that's about)
Heart of a Queen: Queen Victoria's Romantic Attachments
Victoria and Disraeli: The Making of a Romantic Partnership
A King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses
Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld (Albert Victor, of course)
Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy (1910-1918)
Princess Margaret: A Biography (quoted a lot in Sobrinos Reales, about her children)
The Golden Bees: The Story of the Bonapartes
Princess Alice: Countess of Athlone
The Kaisers
The Coburgs of Belgium
Royal Family: Years of Transition
The Royal Family at War
Royal Vendetta: The Crown of Spain (1829-1965)
Kings over the Water: The Saga of the Stuart Pretenders
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
The Fall of the Third Napoleon
Queen Victoria and the Bonapartes
Royal Ambassadors: British royalties in southern Africa 1860-1947

 

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John van der Kiste

This royal biographer (a librarian who lives in Devon and therefore is after my own heart) might be my favorite. (Probably tied with Pimlott and Shawcross, I don't know.)

Some of his titles are:
Queen Victoria's Children
Edward VII's Children
Queen Victoria and the European Empires
The Prussian Princesses
Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia
George V's Children
Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Northern Crowns: The Kings of Modern Scandinavia
Emperor Francis Joseph
Sons, Servants, and Statesmen
King George II and Queen Caroline
Heroes of the Glorious Revolution: William and Mary
Alfred: Queen Victoria's Second Son