Book Review: Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens
*contains affiliate links* The lives of the six Queens of King Henry VIII of England have continued to fascinate us over 500 years later. The National Portrait Gallery is running an exhibition called...
View ArticleBook Review: Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang follows the stories of Catherine de’ Medici, her daughter Elisabeth, Queen of...
View ArticleBook Review: The Making of Juana of Austria: Gender, Art, and Patronage in...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Juana, or Joanna of Austria, was the daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal. Born in 1535 as their youngest surviving child, she...
View ArticleBook Review: The Wives of George IV: The Secret Bride and the Scorned...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The future King George IV was famously married twice, once illegally to Maria Fitzherbt and once legally to Caroline of Brunswick. Maria Fitzherbert, already...
View ArticleBook Review: Elizabeth II: A Queen for Our Time by Chris Jackson
*contains affiliate links* Queen Elizabeth II was an icon during her lifetime, and she became the longest-reigning British monarch in 2022. Elizabeth II: A Queen for Our Time by Chris Jackson was...
View ArticleBook Review: Princess Ruth Ke’elikōlani by Kristin Zambucka
*contains affiliate links* Princess Ruth Ke’elikōlani was born in 1826 as the daughter of Kalani Pauahi and Mataio Kekūanaōʻa, although his paternity has been questioned. She was hānai adopted by Queen...
View ArticleBook Review: Thorns in the Crown: The Story of the Coronation and what it...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 marked the start of a new Elizabethan era, but the country was still grappling with the aftereffects of the Second...
View ArticleBook Review: Rasputin’s Killer and his Romanov Princess by Coryne Hall
*contains affiliate links* Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia was born on 15 July 1895 as the daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia,...
View ArticleBook Review: The Rebel Romanov by Helen Rappaport
*contains affiliate links* The Rebel Romanov by Helen Rappaport chronicles the life of Juliane or Julie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on 23 September 1781 in Bern to Franz Frederick Anton, Duke...
View ArticleBook Review: Early English Queens, 650–850: Speculum Reginae by Stefany Wragg
*contains affiliate links* English Queens from the years 650-850 have been largely confined to the sidelines of history. There were not only various kingdoms in what we now know as England, but written...
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