Greg King (author)

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

Biography[edit]

Born in 1964, King first became interested in royal history, particularly the Romanov Dynasty, at the age of ten.^[1]

Reviews[edit]

A review in the Manhattan (Kansas) Mercury praised King's books about the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the Lusitania as works of historical non-fiction which provide the reader with a "clearer understanding of the causes" of these tragedies.^[2]

Publications[edit]

• The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, 1994
• The Mad King: The Life and Times of Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1996
• The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Felix Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped Bring Down the Russian Empire, 1996
• The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson, 1999
• Sharon Tate and the Manson murders, 2000
• The Fate of the Romanovs, co-authored with Penny Wilson, 2003
• The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II, 2006
• Gilded Prism: The Konstantinovichi Grand Dukes & the Last Years of the Romanov Dynasty, with Penny Wilson, 2006
• Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year, 2007
• A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs Astor in Gilded Age New York, 2008
• The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery, with Penny Wilson, 2010
• The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World, with Sue Woolmans, St. Martin's Press, 2013
• Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age, with Penny Wilson, St. Martin's Press, 2015
• Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs, St. Martin's Press, 2017
• The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship, with Penny Wilson, St. Martin's Press, 2020

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