How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession?

An engaging history of royal and imperial families and dynastic power, enriched by a body of surprising and memorable source material.

In the twilight years of Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol, battles between royalists and their red shirt opponents are increasing, and the tectonic shifts that l

Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots.

Institutions under royal control included not only the king's royal residences and the royal chapels attached to them, but also magnificent convent-palaces and