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Book News Week 36

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 36: 4 September – 10 September 2023 The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown  Paperback – 5 September 2023 (US) Queen Elizabeth II: A Photographic Portrait Hardcover – 5 September 2023 (US) Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Life and Reign in Pictures  [read more]

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Book review: The Mistresses of George I & II: A Maypole & a Peevish Beast by Catherine Curzon

*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 George, although none of them were recognised by him. George’s wife, Sophia Dorothea of Celle had been imprisoned following their divorce in [read more]

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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 her marriage to Prince Felix Youssoupov, heir to the richest fortune in Russia, the Imperial family were shocked. Prince Felix and his wife Princess Irina had [read more]

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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 were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, [read more]