Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours

Queen Victoria dreamt that her Coburg dynasty would unite Europe in an extended family network via a series of dynastic marriages. Her eldest daughter, Vicky, married the future German Emperor in 1855, and by the time Victoria died in 1901, six of her eight children had married German royals, and...

Fully updated and revised this new edition includes recent developments in Caribbean genealogy research including guidance on archives that are now available online and how to find, and accurately search, newly released information.

A celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history. Meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; Warrior Queens and Pirate Commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medici...

Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's fascinating first book is a blend of history, memoir and politics and tells the history of multicultural Britain. In 'What's in a Name?', Sheela tells stories of friends and family through their names and takes us from the fight against ra...