*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Informally Royal: Studio Lisa and the Royal Family 1936-1966 is about the photo studio “Studio Lisa”, run by Lisa and Jimmy Sheridan, who ended up taking many photographs of the royal family. They were hired by the then Duke and Duchess of York to take photos of their family. They [read more]
*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 the mission wives who arrived in Hawaii to bring Christianity. The Hawaiian queens are immensely fascinating, and this book had the opportunity to be so [read more]
*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 pair were briefly King and Queen of Bohemia before being exiled. Elizabeth spent the better part of her life in exile in [read more]
*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 would reign until her death in 1901 at the age of 81. She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 10 [read more]
*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)
*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 his wife, Margaret of Austria. They had five children who survived to adulthood and three children who died young. Their eldest daughter, [read more]
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