We are proud to have published the first novel of the renowned royal writer Lady Colin Campbell, Empress Bianca. The book is a sparkling but also critical portrayal of the powerful and wealthy classes from the late 1950s to the present day, and has already gained notoriety through being subject to a highly publicized legal action. This led to the book being pulped which resulted in the author issuing proceedings. After those came to an end the book was published in the US in September 2008 by Dynasty press to wide acclaim, and in the UK in October 2009. Its publication was indicative of our support.
We were also pleased to publish in the US, Sarah Goodall's lively account, The Palace Diaries, of her experience of working for Prince Charles's personal office. This book was also surrounded by controversy as it was threatened by the possibility of legal action from the Palace aiming to prevent publication. Finally it was published in the UK in 2006 (as a work of fiction). It received much interest and supportive reviews and has been hugely successful in Europe. It is an incisive, humorous but also revelatory exposé of life and relationships at the heart of British royalty in recent times. Dynasty Press believed it was an important civil libertarian issue to publish the book without the pretence of fiction and therefore brought it out in North America in 2008 as the work of fact which it is.
The dynamics of psychology within dynasties and families of social influence, and their connections to all family relationships, is an important strand of the ethos of Dynasty Press. These universal subjects are powerfully portrayed in two works we published in 2009, the poignant Silk Flowers Never Die, by Stella Mazzucchelli, and the impressive psychological study and memoir Daughter of Narcissus, by Lady Colin Campbell. These intensely personal memoirs show that though wealth and prestige may create a sense of social distance and elitism, personal challenges and private tragedies within even prominent family networks demonstrate the need for a common humanity and understanding if they are to be overcome.
In October 2010 we will be publishing the Marquess of Bath, Lord of Love by the renowned Biographer Nesta Wyn Ellis and Weimar to Westminster, the uplifting and important memoirs of one of the fathers of the Green Movement, the former Tory MP Peter Rost. We will also be bringing out in Spring 2011 the Memoirs of Frederick the Greats Sister, Edited by a member of the Royal Family and with a foreword by another member of the Royal Family. At the same time we will be publishing a dog memoir by Gigi Mikhailovna which is a truly entertaining and inspiring view of life from the canine perspective.