'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORYFor centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals...

**A “riotously readable…tender and affectionate” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British history—**from King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II—as seen through the doorways of the exquisite Hampton Court Palace.Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and décor, Hampton Court Palace has been the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James’s version of the Bible,...

What are Chloe's parents up to? Emmeline, her mother, has gone away again without saying goodbye. Tom, her father, is always off to the Middle East. Then a posh housekeeper appears and installs military discipline. Chloe will have to step up her eavesdropping. All she knows is that something is badly wrong.Centre stage is the village of Eastlyme on Dorset's Jurassic Coast: this is the story of Chloe Belford, her secretive parents, and Muriel Mizen, manager of Cliff Towers Hotel, Ea...