Books like The perfect prince by Ann Wroe

Four siblings discover a frozen world ruled by the White Witch; their hope is renewed when Aslan the lion arrives, heralding change and sacrifice for the land of Narnia.

A seminal 16th‑century Italian treatise, The Prince offers practical guidance for rulers, arguing that ends can justify morally dubious means to secure power and glory.

Four orphaned girls in Carthya are chosen for a deadly contest to impersonate the king’s lost son, a scheme that could avert civil war.

A spirited young traveler arrives at Emperor Akbar’s court with a tale of a mysterious, enchantress woman whose story travels to Florence, juxtaposing the hedonistic Mughal capital with the sensual High Renaissance city.

A Scottish widow’s quest for vengeance turns unforeseen when she encounters a warrior prince, and both discover that love can surface in the most unlikely of moments.

The drama of Elizabeth I's tumultuous romance with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, as depicted in Giles Lytton Strachey’s historical novel, chronicling the court intrigue and love triangle of the Tudor era. An exploration of Elizabeth’s twilight years and the dramatic consequences of her forbidden love for the powerful and handsome Essex, this historical novel captures the essence of Elizabethan court and the complex dynamics of power, love, and politics. The book delves into Elizabeth's personal journey and the political machinations that shaped her final years, offering a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous period of Elizabethan England.

A captivating biography of Queen Victoria, exploring her reign and the social changes she experienced as head of the British Empire.

Henry Stuart's life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years' War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous. Charismatic, gifted, dynamic - dead at only eighteen years old, on the point of succeeding to the throne. In 1610, Henry Stuart was a celebrity throughout Europe, at a momentous period for European history and culture. Eldest son of James VI and the epitome of heroic Renaissance princely virtue, his life was set against a period about as rich as any. The King James Bible, religious tension throughout Europe, Gunpowder plot, Jacobean theatre and the dark tragedies pouring from Shakespeare's quill, innovation in learning and science, exploration and trade - as well and the bloody traumas of the Thirty Years War were his backdrop. [This] tells the life story of the prince, now completely forgotten, who might have saved us from King Charles I, his spaniels and the civil war his misrule engendered.