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Books by Deborah Cadbury
  | | Queen Victoria's Matchmaking The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2017 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-846-6, ISBN: 1-61039-846-7 "From an award-winning historian, this is the fascinating, untold story of Queen Victoria's vain attempt to thwart true love, forge political unions, and bind the royal families of Europe together against anarchy, socialism, and, above all, Russia. At the time of her Golden Jubilee in 1887, Queen Victoria had more than twenty grandchildren coming of age across Europe. The connections she arranged through her children's marriages--into ..." |
 | | Chocolate Wars(Reprint) The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-051-4, ISBN: 1-61039-051-2 "In the early nineteenth century the major English chocolate firms—Fry, Rowntree, and Cadbury—were all Quaker family enterprises that aimed to do well by doing good. The English chocolatiers introduced the world's first chocolate bar and ever fancier chocolate temptations—while also writing groundbreaking papers on poverty, publishing authoritative studies of the Bible, and campaigning against human rights abuses. Chocolate was always a ..." |
 | | Space Race(Reprint) The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2007 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-117628-9, ISBN: 0-06-117628-1 " One of the most exhilarating true adventures in history, the race into space was marked by courage, duplicity, political paranoia, astonishing technological feats, and unbelievable triumphs in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is the story of an unparalleled rivalry between superpowers and of the two remarkable men at the center of the conflict. On the American side was Wernher von Braun, the camera-friendly former Nazi scientist, ..." |
 | | The Lost King of France(Reprint) How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2003 by St. Martin's Griffin ISBN-13: 978-0-312-32029-4, ISBN: 0-312-32029-9 "Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the monarchy.In 1793, when Marie Antoinet ..." |
 | | Queen Victoria's Matchmaking(Reprint) The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2019 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-5417-6802-4, ISBN: 1-5417-6802-7 "A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother.As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's grandchildren numbered over thirty, and to maintain and increase British royal power, she was determined to maneuver them into a series of dynastic marriages with the royal houses of Europe.Yet for all their apparent obedience, her grandc ..." |
 | | Dreams of Iron and Steel(Reprint) Seven Wonders of the Modern Age, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal (P.S.) by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-00-716307-6, ISBN: 0-00-716307-X "A world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the pioneering genius of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and ordinary workers who brought to life seven great wonders of the world that still have the power to awe and inspire us today. Fueled by Deborah Cadbury's characteristic scholarshi ..." |
 | | The Dinosaur Hunters(Updated) A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2001 by Fourth Estate Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85702-963-5, ISBN: 1-85702-963-1 "The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Rich ..." |
 | | Princes at War(1st Edition) The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2016 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-634-9, ISBN: 1-61039-634-0 "In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era--the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of the country rested in the hands of George V's sorely unequipped sons: -a stammering King George VI, terrified that the world might discover he was unfit to rule-a dull-witted Prince Henry, who wanted only a quiet life in the army-the too-glamorous Prince George, the Duke of Kent--a re ..." |
 | | Queen Victoria's Matchmaking(1st Edition) The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe (Hardback) by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-5282-8, ISBN: 1-4088-5282-9 "A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: her role as matchmaking grandmother In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria had over thirty surviving grandchildren. To maintain and increase power in Europe, she hoped to manoeuvre them into dynastic marriages. In her sights was royalty from across the world., Yet for all their seeming obedience, her grandchildren often ..." |
 | | Dreams of Iron and Steel(1st Edition) Seven Wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by Harper ISBN-13: 978-0-00-716306-9, ISBN: 0-00-716306-1 "A world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the engineering genius of the nineteenth century:rivers tamed, oceans pacified, continents bridged. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and ordi-nary workers who brought to life seven wonders of engi-neering that still have the power to awe and inspire us today.From the London sewer ..." |
 | | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World(1st Edition) by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2003 by Fourth Estate Ltd Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-00-716304-5, ISBN: 0-00-716304-5 "BRAND NEW HARD COVER BOOK WITH DUSTJACKET, UNREAD AND IN MINT CONDITION SEVEN WONEDERS by THE BBC - written by SARAH CADBURY Description of book: The eagerly awaited new book from Deborah Cadbury, released to coincide with her prime-time BBC 2 series. This is the story of how our modern world was forged - in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination. The nineteenth century saw the creation of some of the world's mo ..." |
 | | The School That Escaped the Nazis The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler (Hardback) by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2022 by Publicaffairs, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5417-5119-4, ISBN: 1-5417-5119-1 |
 | | The Lost King of France The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2009 by Fourth Estate ISBN-13: 978-0-00-733379-0, ISBN: 0-00-733379-X "'This is history as it should be. It is stunningly written, I could not put it down. This is the best account of the French Revolution I have ever read.' Alison Weir, author of 'Henry VIII, King and Court' The fascinating, moving story of the brief life and many possible deaths of Louis XVII, son of Marie-Antoinette. Louis-Charles Bourbon enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he beca ..." |
 | | Terrible Lizard The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2002 by Holt Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7087-3, ISBN: 0-8050-7087-7 "In 1812, the skeleton of a monster was discovered beneath the cliffs of Dorset, setting in motion a collision between science and religion, and among scientists eager to claim supremacy in a brand-new field. For Reverend William Buckland, an eccentric naturalist at Oxford University, the fossil remains of a creature that existed before Noah's flood inspired an attempt to prove the accuracy of the biblical record. Novelist Gideon Mantell ..." |
 | | The Feminization of Nature(Updated) Our Future at Risk by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-026205-6, ISBN: 0-14-026205-9 |
 | | Princes at War The British Royal Family s Private Battle in the Second World War (Hardback) by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Circus ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-4524-0, ISBN: 1-4088-4524-5 |
 | | Chocolate Wars(1st Edition) The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2010 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-820-8, ISBN: 1-58648-820-1 "With a cast of characters that wouldnât be out of place in a Victorian novel, Chocolate Wars tells the story of the great chocolatier dynasties, through the prism of the Cadburys. Chocolate was consumed unrefined and unprocessed as a rather bitter, fatty drink for the wealthy elite until the late 19th century, when the Swiss discovered a way to blend it with milk and unleashed a product that would conquer every market in the world. Th ..." |
 | | SPACE RACE(1st Edition) by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2005 by Fourth Estate (Hcol) Import ISBN-13: 978-0-00-720995-8, ISBN: 0-00-720995-9 "The BBC team received excellent support from a large number of specialist archives in Britain, America and Russia and these are credited in the bibliography. At the BBC, I would also like to thank executive producer Jill Fullerton Smith and ..." |
 | | The Lost King of France(Updated) The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son by Deborah Cadbury Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by Harpercollins Pub Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84115-589-0, ISBN: 1-84115-589-6 "Even casual French history readers will notice a discrepancy in the numbering of their kings--Louis XVI goes to the guillotine in the French Revolution; Louis XVIII returns after the defeat of Napoleon. What happened to Louis XVII? That's the subject of Deborah Cadbury's The Lost King of France. Louis-Charles, heir to Louis XVI, automatically became king, in the eyes of French royalists, when his father was guillotined in 1793. He was, ..." |
 | | The Lost King of France(1st Edition) A True Story of Revolution, Revenge, and DNA by Deborah Cadbury Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-312-28312-4, ISBN: 0-312-28312-1 "Royalty, revolution, and scientific mystery---the dramatic true account of the fate of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette, and an extraordinary detective story that spans more than two hundred years.Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years he was to lose everything. ..." |
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