Book Review: Woman between Two Kingdoms: Dara Rasami and the Making of Modern...
*contains affiliate links* Dara Rasami was a Princess of Chiang Mai who became one of the princess consorts of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Thailand). She was still only around 13 years old when she...
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Book News May 2023
*contains affiliate links* Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power Paperback – 19 January 2023 (UK) & 30 May 2023 (US) In sixteenth-century Europe women’s voices...
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Book News June 2023
*contains affiliate links* Rasputin’s Killer and his Romanov Princess Hardcover – 15 March 2023 (UK) & 23 June 2023 (US) When the Tsar’s eighteen-year-old niece Princess Irina Romanov announced...
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Book News July 2023
*contains affiliate links* Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen (WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY) Paperback – 18 July 2023 (US) & 3 September 2023 (UK) Radegund presents a new interpretation...
View ArticleBook Review: The Boleyns of Hever Castle by Owen Emmerson and Claire Ridgway
*contains affiliate links* Hever Castle is perhaps best known as the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, but there is far more history there. Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 until her execution...
View ArticleBook review: The Mistresses of George I & II: A Maypole & a Peevish Beast by...
*contains affiliate links* *review copy* Melusine von der Schulenburg was the longtime mistress of King George I of Great Britain before he even succeeded as King. She gave birth to three daughters by...
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Book News August 2023
*contains affiliate links* Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power Paperback – 22 August 2023 (US) & 19 January 2023 (UK) In sixteenth-century Europe women’s voices...
View ArticleBook Review: Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece by Stefan Haderer
*contains affiliate links* Empress Elisabeth of Austria was well-known for her travels as she wished to spend as little time as possible with her husband in Vienna. One of her favourite destinations...
View ArticleBook Review: The daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* King Edward I of England, who ruled from 1272 until 1307, went on to father many children with two wives. His first wife, Eleanor of Castile, bore the majority...
View ArticleBook Review: Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of...
*contains affiliate links* The Duke and Duchess of Windsor spent their entire life together in exile after the Duke had abdicated as King Edward VIII in order to marry the twice-divorced Wallis. They...
View ArticleBook Review: The Daughters of George III: Sisters and Princesses by Catherine...
*contains affiliate links* *review copy* King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children together, of which 6 were daughters. He has been famously quoted as saying, “I cannot deny that I have never...
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Book News Week 52
*contains affiliate links* Book news week 52: 25 December – 31 December 2023 Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period Hardcover – 30 December 2023 (US) Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of...
View ArticleBook Review: Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African...
*contains affiliate links* *review copy* Cleopatra Selene is the forgotten daughter of the infamous Cleopatra VII. She was an Egyptian princess who was proclaimed by Marc Antony as Queen of Cyrenaica...
View ArticleBook Review: VERA: Princess of the Imperial Blood Vera Konstantinovna by Paul...
*contains affiliate links* Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on 24 April 1906 as the daughter of Grand Duke Konstantine Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth...
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Book News Week 6
*contains affiliate links* Book news week 6: 5 February – 11 February 2024 The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Female Network of Power in the Middle Ages Hardcover – 6 February 2024 (US) The...
View ArticleBook Review: Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634 by Martha K. Hoffman focuses on the children of King Philip III of Spain and...
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Book News Week 8
*contains affiliate links* Book News week 8 – 19 February – 25 February 2024 Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn’t Take the Throne Hardcover – 20 February 2024 (US) The post Book News Week 8 appeared...
View ArticleBook Review: Queen Victoria After Albert: Her Life and Loves by Ilana D. Miller
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch until Queen Elizabeth II broke that record. She became Queen just one month after turning 18, and she...
View ArticleBook Review: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman
*contains affiliate links* Elizabeth Stuart was the daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and Anne of Denmark. She married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613, and the...
View ArticleBook Review: Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade...
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai’i’s Pacific World is a book that focuses on the relationship between Hawaiian royalty and...
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