Greg King

Greg King (born 1964) is an American author, best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures. Biography Born in 1964, King first became interested in royal history, particularly the Romanov Dynasty, at the age of ten. Reviews 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. Publications 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