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A Book Featuring Royalty Read More Reading Challenge 2018 |
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Prince of Fools
by Mark Lawrence
After Prince Jalan Kendeth is called upon by his grandmother, the Red Queen, to defend the realm against an undead army, he is joined by a Norse warrior and they journey across the empire, encountering grave dangers along the way.
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Dreaming the Eagle
by Manda Scott
Rich in historical detail, this evocative first novel in a trilogy chronicles the life and exploits of Breaca nic Graine, the legendary Celtic warrior queen Boudica, who will lead her people in a bloody revolt against the power of ancient Rome.
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A Princess in Theory: Reluctant Royals
by Alyssa Cole
Between grad school and multiple jobs, Naledi Smith doesn't have time for fairy tales...or patience for the constant e-mails claiming she's betrothed to an African prince. Yeah, right. But Prince Thabiso is the heir to the throne of Thesolo. Ever dutiful, he tracks down his missing betrothed. When Naledi mistakes the prince for a pauper, Thabiso can't resist the chance to experience life--and love--without the burden of his crown. But when the truth is revealed, can a princess in theory become a princess ever after?
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Wars of the Roses: Stormbird
by Conn Iggulden
After gentle Henry VI takes the throne and a secret truce negotiated with France for a royal bride sparks revolts across England, the rival royal line, the House of York, sees the unrest as an opportunity to oust the ineffectual king.
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Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
by Paul Thomas Murphy
During Queen Victoria's 64-year reign, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows each would-be assassin and the repercussions of their actions, illuminating daily life in Victorian England, the development of the monarchy under Queen Victoria, and the evolution of the attacks in light of evolving social issues and technology
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A Hologram for the King
by Dave Eggers
A struggling American businessman travels to a rising Saudi Arabian city with the hopes of securing a contract that will earn him a commission large enough to stave off his economic woes and hold his family together
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The Royal We
by Heather Cocks
Unexpectedly falling for the crown prince Nicholas while attending Oxford, practical-minded Bex endures ritzy society gatherings, fashionable outings and unwelcome publicity as well as jealous ex-girlfriends and dark royal family secrets.
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Her Royal Spyness
by Rhys Bowen
A penniless twenty-something member of the extended British royal family, Lady Victoria, the daughter of the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch, puts her sleuthing talents to work when an arrogant Frenchman, who is determined to gain control of her family's eight-hundred-year-old estate for himself, ends up dead in her bathtub.
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Petrograd
by Philip Gelatt
Cleary, a reluctant British spy, finds himself assigned to the most difficult assignment of his career: orchestrate the death of Grigoi Rasputin, the mad monk who is extremely influential over the Russian royal family. To accomplish this he will have to negotiate dangerous ties with the secret police, navigate the halls of power, and tangle with dangerous radicals on the eve of the Russian Revolution.
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