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Book Review: Royal Greenwich: A History in Kings and Queens by Pieter van der Merwe

Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Greenwich has a lot of royal history – dating back to the now long-gone Tudor palace. The palace was the place where future Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I were born, among others. Unfortunately, it fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was eventually demolished. Only the Queen’s House, completed [read more]

Book Review: A Most English Princess by Clare McHugh

Saturday, 28 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Victoria, Princess Royal was born on 21 November 1840 as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. She married the future Frederick III, German Emperor at the age of 17 and went on to have eight children with him. Tragically, his reign would last just 99 days as [read more]

Book News February 2023

Saturday, 21 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors Hardcover – 15 October 2022 (UK) & 15 February 2023 (US) Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed on 19 May 1536. Her sister Mary, rumoured mistress to the monarch, lived on and survived the king’s wrath. But this is [read more]

Book Review: Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford

Saturday, 14 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Princess Mary, later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was born in 1897 as the third child of the then Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. She was born during the reign of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria and subsequently lived in six reigns – that of [read more]

Book Review: Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II by Linda Porter

Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* *review copy* King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland famously left no legitimate children with his wife, Catherine of Braganza. However, he did leave plenty of illegitimate children fathered with his many mistresses. Linda Porter, who has also written about one of my favourite Queens – Queen Mary I, writes most [read more]

Book News December 2022

Saturday, 19 November 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History Hardcover – 30 October 2022 (UK) & 31 December 2022 (US) Elizabeth Woodville, Queen to Edward IV and mother of the Princes in the Tower. Elizabeth of York, daughter of Elizabeth Woodville and the first Tudor queen of England. Elizabeth Grey, granddaughter [read more]