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María de Molina, Queen and Regent: Life and Rule in Castile-León, 1259-1321 by Paulette Lynn Pepin Book Review

Friday, 3 June 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

This biography of Queen Maria de Molina thematically explores her life and demonstrates her collective exercise of power and authority as queen. Throughout her public life, Maria de Molina’s resilient determination, as queen and later as regent, enabled her to not only work tirelessly to establish an effective governing partnership with her husband King Sancho [read more]

Isabella of France, The Rebel Queen by Kathryn Warner Book Review

Friday, 27 May 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Isabella of France (c. 1295-1358), who married Edward II in January 1308, is one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325/26, sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her brother Charles IV, Isabella refused to return to England. She began a relationship with her husband’s deadliest [read more]

June Book News

Saturday, 21 May 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort Hardcover – June 1, 2016 (US) & March 7, 2016 (UK) The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English [read more]

In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII by Sarah Morris & Natalie Grueninger Book Review

Friday, 20 May 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives by embarking on a journey through the manors, castles and palaces in which their lives were played out. This journey traces their steps to the Alhambra in Spain, childhood home of Katherine of Aragon; to the very room at Acton Court [read more]

The Other Tudor Princess by Mary McGrigor Book Review

Friday, 6 May 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The first history of Henry VIII’s beloved niece and one-time heir to the throne, whose life spanned the reign of four Tudor monarchs This forgotten part of Tudor history is told here for the first time with all the passion and thrill of a novel, but this is no fiction—Henry VIII really did almost [read more]

Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort by Amy Licence Book Review

Friday, 29 April 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. There were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the women’s stories on the Lancastrian side, from the children of Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through [read more]