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Greg King


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Greg King (born 1964) is an American author, best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures.

He is the author of eleven internationally published works of royal and social history, specializing in late Imperial Russia and Edwardian-era royalty, including The Fate of the Romanovs, The Court of the Last Tsar, and the UK bestseller The Duchess of Windsor. A frequent onscreen expert and commentator for historical documentaries, his work has appeared in Majesty Magazine, Royalty Magazine, Royalty Digest, and Atlantis Magazine.

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The Assassination of the Ar...
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The Duchess Of Windsor
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A Season of Splendor: The C...
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“Many in America, as one social historian wrote, 'believed implicitly that New York's social leaders went to bed in full evening dress, brushed their teeth in vintage champagne, married their daughters without exception to shady French counts, and arrayed their poodle dogs in diamond tiaras.'...”
― Greg King (A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York)
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“harsh childhood of conflicting influences left the kaiser a bellicose braggart whose abrasive personality concealed a passionate craving for acceptance.”
― Greg King, The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
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“the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral,”
― Greg King, The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
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A History of Royals: Open Reads January 2012 - Your Romanov Reviews 13 33 Feb 09, 2012 06:42AM  
Bright Young Things: October 2012 - The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport 33 37 Nov 26, 2012 01:49PM  
The History Book ...: SECOND WORLD WAR - THE LIBERATION TRILOGY - GLOSSARY - PART TWO ~ (SPOILER THREAD) 208 296 Feb 08, 2015 07:54AM  
Bright Young Things: May 2015- The Lusitania Story by Mitch Peeke 86 17 May 09, 2015 06:08AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS 3381 562 May 31, 2015 08:59PM  
The Reading Chall...: Camille's 2015 Reading Challenge 63 96 Sep 30, 2015 04:53AM  
Bright Young Things: October 2015- The Trigger by Tim Butcher 35 22 Aug 22, 2016 05:00PM  
The History Book ...: ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR 102 677 Oct 28, 2016 11:46AM  
Bright Young Things: What book have you just finished? 674 245 Sep 17, 2017 11:00AM  


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