- 1975) A Family of Kings: The Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark (Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 1976) Victoria and Disraeli: The Making of a Romantic Partnership (Macmillan Publishing - 1978) Kings Over the Water: The Saga of the Stuart Pretenders (Littlehampton Book Services - 1979) Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Littlehampton Book Services - 1981) Royal Family: Years of Transition (Salem House - 1984) The King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses: Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel and Others Harper Collins - 1988) Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph of the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918 (Horizon Book - 1988) Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (St. Martins Press - 1990) Queen Victoria's Scotland (with Michael J. Stead, Cassell Illustrated - 1992) Heart of a Queen: Queen Victoria's Romantic Attachments (John Murray Publishers - 1992) The Royal Family at War (John Murray Publishers - 1994)Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld (John Murray Publishers - 1996)Princess Margaret: A Biography (Regnery Publishing - 1997)Royal Subjects: A Biographer's Encounters (Sidgwick & Jackson - 2000)A Family of Kings'' (Royalty Digest - 2004) References 1929 births 2003 deaths Michaelis School of Fine Art alumni British biographers British people of Latvian descent Deaths from cancer in England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom South African emigrants to the United Kingdom University of Cape Town alumni 20th-century biographers