*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 Queen’s Dolls’ House: Revised and Updated Edition Hardcover – 8 February 2024 (UK)
*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 Mavrikievna (born Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg). She had six brothers and one surviving sister. She grew up in the splendour of Imperial Russia and was [read more]
*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 and Libya. After the death of her mother, she reigned as Queen of Egypt with her brother, Alexander Helios, for two weeks before it [read more]
*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 the Macedonian Dynasty (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History) Hardcover – 29 December 2023 (US & UK) Queen Victoria After Albert: Her Life and [read more]
*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 wished to see any of them marry: I am happy in their company and do not in the least want a [read more]
*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 were and still are strongly disliked, not in the least because of their apparent support of the Nazi regime. I won’t go [read more]
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