Books like Queen Victoria's descendants by Marlene A. Eilers

Juliet Nicolson traces the hidden histories of seven generations of women, unraveling family myths and secrets across Europe and America while exploring how past patterns shape her own life.

Alison Weir examines the four heirs left to Henry VIII—Edward, Mary, Elizabeth, and Jane Grey—revealing their relationships and roles in Tudor history, and how they shaped the succession and legacy of the dynasty.

From the critically acclaimed author of The Last Princess comes a witty and accessible account of Queen Victoria's life, exploring its irony and contradictions, as well as her lasting influence. Queen Victoria is Britain's queen of contradictions. In her combination of deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; and romanticism and prudishness, she became a spririt of the age to which she gave her name. Victoria embraced photography, railway travel, and modern art; she resisted compulsory education for the working classes, recommended for a leading women's rights campaigner "a good whipping," and detested smoking. She may or may not have been amused. Meanwhile she reinvented the monarchy and wrestled with personal reinvention. She lived in the shadow of her mother and then under the tutelage of her husband; finally, she embraced self-reliance during her long widowhood. Fresh, witty, and accessible, Queen Victoria is a compelling assessment of Victoria's mercurial character and impact, written with the irony, flourish, and insight that this queen and her rule so richly deserve. - Jacket flap.

A controversial biography of the British royal family, detailing the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the history of the House of Windsor.