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If you loved Charles by Penny Junor, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Royalty and Biography & Autobiography.

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The Duchess Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown — Penny Junor

The Duchess Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick — Nathen Amin

Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Henry V (Penguin Monarchs) From Playboy Prince to Warrior King — Anne Curry

Henry V (Penguin Monarchs) From Playboy Prince to Warrior King

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Royal Babylon The Alarming History of European Royalty — Karl Shaw

Royal Babylon The Alarming History of European Royalty

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Where Is the Tower of London? — Janet B. Pascal

Where Is the Tower of London?

Janet B. Pascal

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Debrett’s Book of the Royal Wedding — Hugo Vickers

Debrett’s Book of the Royal Wedding

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Frederick the Great King of Prussia — Tim Blanning

Frederick the Great King of Prussia

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Pharaohs — Dr Phyllis G Jestice

Dr Phyllis G Jestice

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Catherine, the Princess of Wales A Biography of the Future Queen — Robert Jobson

Catherine, the Princess of Wales A Biography of the Future Queen

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Britain’s Kings & Queens — Michael St John Parker

Britain’s Kings & Queens

Michael St John Parker

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Brutus of Troy And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British — Anthony Adolph

Brutus of Troy And the Quest for the Ancestry of the British

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Secrets of the Royal Family — Cyrus Shahrad

Secrets of the Royal Family

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Blood and Oil Inside the Shah’s Iran — Manucher Farmanfarmaian

Blood and Oil Inside the Shah’s Iran

Manucher Farmanfarmaian

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Diana–The Last Word — Simone Simmons

Diana–The Last Word

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

The Queen and Di The Untold Story — Ingrid Seward

The Queen and Di The Untold Story

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

The Private Lives of the Tudors Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty — Tracy Borman

The Private Lives of the Tudors Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

William and Kate’s Britain An Insider’s Guide to the Haunts of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — Claudia Joseph

William and Kate’s Britain An Insider’s Guide to the Haunts of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Victoria A Life — A. N. Wilson

Victoria A Life

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

The Faith of Queen Elizabeth The Poise, Grace, and Quiet Strength Behind the Crown — Dudley Delffs

The Faith of Queen Elizabeth The Poise, Grace, and Quiet Strength Behind the Crown

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

William the Conqueror The Norman Impact Upon England — David Charles Douglas

William the Conqueror The Norman Impact Upon England

David Charles Douglas

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Prince Charles The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life — Sally Bedell Smith

Prince Charles The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life

Sally Bedell Smith

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Serving Victoria Life in the Royal Household — Kate Hubbard

Serving Victoria Life in the Royal Household

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

Charles and Diana Their Married Life — Graham Fisher

Charles and Diana Their Married Life

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

King Without a Crown — Daphne Bennett

King Without a Crown

Themes: Royalty • Biography & Autobiography

If Charles by Penny Junor is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Royalty, Biography & Autobiography and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Penny Junor, Nathen Amin, Anne Curry, Karl Shaw, and others.

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