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Book News January 2020
Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen Paperback – 15 January 2020 (UK) & 1 April 2020 (US) Isabella of France married Edward II in January 1308, and afterwards became one of the most notorious women...
View ArticleGuarding Diana by Ken Wharfe Book Review
Diana, Princess of Wales was an icon during her life and now in her afterlife as well. Ken Wharfe was her Personal Protection Officer from 1988 until 1993 and he continued to work for the Royal family...
View ArticleMarie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen by John Hardman Book Review
On the morning of 2 November 1755, Empress Maria Theresa gave birth to her 15th child, a daughter named Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna – and she would go down in history as the French Queen Marie...
View ArticleElizabeth of Bohemia: A Novel about Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen by...
In 1596, Elizabeth Stuart, the eldest daughter of King James VI Scotland and Anne of Denmark, was born. In 1603 the old Queen Elizabeth I of England passed away without leaving an heir. The throne...
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Book News February 2020
The American Duchess Paperback – 19 March 2020 (US) & 6 February 2020 (UK) Life has always been made difficult for those marrying into England’s royal family. In 1936, just months into his reign,...
View ArticleThe Lost Queen: The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent’s Daughter by Anne...
Princess Charlotte of Wales was born into tragedy as the only child of parents who had been at war since the moment they married. That Charlotte was born at all seems to be nothing short of a miracle....
View ArticleThe Right to Rule and the Rights of Women: Queen Victoria and the Women’s...
Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until 1901, would have been the perfect forerunner for the women’s movement but unfortunately, the nineteenth-century feminists were to be disappointed. Queen...
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Book News March 2020
The War Queens: Extraordinary Women Who Ruled the Battlefield Hardcover – 10 March 2020 (US) & 26 March 2020 (UK) History’s killer queens come in all colors, ages, and leadership styles. Elizabeth...
View ArticleQ&A with Hugo Vickers, author of The Crown Dissected: An Analysis of the...
I had the opportunity to do a short question and answer session with the author of “The Crown Dissected: An Analysis of the Netflix Series The Crown Seasons 1, 2 and 3”, Hugo Vickers. We spoke about...
View ArticleThe Romanov Royal Martyrs: What Silence Could Not Conceal Book Review
The Romanov Royal Martyrs: What Silence Could Not Conceal is a book that caught my eye quite early on. It was originally released in Greek before being released in English in September 2019. Although...
View ArticleWomen of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics...
“Even a palace can be a prison”, says a young Princess Victoria in The Young Victoria film from 2009 as she walks along the fence of Kensington Palace. Being born royal, or even with money, can be a...
View ArticleLady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne...
I went into Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown with great expectations, having even seen the witty Lady Anne on The Graham Norton Show telling him all about her...
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Book News April 2020
Marie Antoinette’s Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe Paperback – 30 April 2020 (UK) & 2 August 2020 (US) Marie Antoinette has always fascinated readers worldwide. Yet...
View ArticleRoyal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville by Gemma Hollman...
The stories of Joan of Navarre, Elizabeth Woodville, Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Eleanor Cobham have been overshadowed by accusations of witchcraft. Joan of Navarre was born around 1368 as the daughter...
View ArticleReview: The Crown Dissected: An Analysis of the Netflix Series The Crown...
Most of us have watched Netflix’s popular series The Crown, and if you’ve not watched it, you’ve at least heard about it from someone. It’s a historical drama that follows Queen Elizabeth II’s life...
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Book News May 2020
The Habsburgs: To Rule the World Hardcover – 12 May 2020 (US & UK) In The Habsburgs, historian Martyn Rady tells the epic story of the Habsburg dynasty and the world it built — and then lost —...
View ArticleThe Two Eleanors of Henry III by Darren Baker Book Review
Writing a book about medieval women is always a challenge, not in the least because of the lack of documentation. Many women have no recorded dates of births or deaths, and simply disappear from the...
View ArticleLost Heirs of the Medieval Crown by J.F. Andrews Book Review
There are many what-ifs in history, and perhaps the lost Kings and Queens are the most interesting ones; a single life that could have potentially altered the history of the world. Or in this case, the...
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Book News June 2020
Empress Alexandra: The Special Relationship Between Russia’s Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria Hardcover – 30 June 2020 (UK) & 3 October 2020 (US) When Queen Victoria’s second daughter Princess...
View ArticleBlood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe by Robert Bartlett Book Review
With a focus on medieval Europe, Blood Royal by Robert Bartlett takes on the system of monarchies and how families were shapes by births, marriages and deaths. Monarchies were the essence of medieval...
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