*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The future King George IV was famously married twice, once illegally to Maria Fitzherbt and once legally to Caroline of Brunswick. Maria Fitzherbert, already twice a widow, was basically harassed into becoming his wife. Their wedding went against the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 and was thus never valid. Even [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* *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]
Sophia of Hanover would have been Queen of Great Britain if she had lived just a few months longer. In the end, she died only two months before Queen Anne, and it was Sophia’s eldest son who became King George I of Great Britain. The youngest daughter of the famous Winter Queen, Elizabeth Stuart, and [read more]
As the glittering Hanoverian court gives birth to the British Georgian era, a golden age of royalty dawns in Europe. Houses rise and fall, births, marriages and scandals change the course of history and in France, Revolution stalks the land. Peep behind the shutters of the opulent court of the doomed Bourbons, the absolutist powerhouse of [read more]
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]
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