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A Crown of Iron A History of the Kings of Italy The fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century heralded a century during which various Germanic peoples struggled for control over the Italian Peninsula. This struggle came to an end in the latter part of the 6th century, when Italy...

A Crown from Heaven A history of the rulers of Francia During his 45-year reign, the Frankish king Charles had created an empire which dominated Western Europe. Charles's realm stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Elbe in the east and from the North Sea in the north to Rome...

The Queen and the Millard The true story of the House of Fillmore Alexandrina Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, ruler of an empire on which the sun never set, gazed upon the man who had just entered...

The Marshals of Britain The four-year civil war for the throne of England between Stephen of Blois and Empress Matilda ended after the self-proclaimed Lady of the English surrendered to Stephen at Oxford in 1142. However, the destructive civil war had shattered the prestige and...