*contains affiliate links* Book News week 46 – 11 November – 17 November 2024 Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson Hardcover – 12 November 2024 (US) & 14 November 2024 (UK) Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn Hardcover – 12 November 2024 (US) Death and [read more]
It is not often that the title of a book grabs my attention like this and I watched as it was endlessly postponed before finally being released in June. Lust, Lies and Monarchy: The Secrets Behind Britain’s Royal Portraits discusses several royal paintings and portraits and the history behind them. However, the actual paintings are [read more]
The Habsburgs: To Rule the World Hardcover – 12 May 2020 (US & UK) In The Habsburgs, historian Martyn Rady tells the epic story of the Habsburg dynasty and the world it built — and then lost — over nearly a millennium, placing it in its European and global contexts. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the Habsburgs [read more]
The Prince & I: My Life with Prince Bira of Siam Paperback – 12 November 2019 (US) & 7 October 2019 (UK) The Prince & I is the story of the passionate love of Bira, Prince of Siam, grandson of King Mongkut of The King & I fame, and the young Englishwoman who would become his [read more]
Maria Romanov: Third Daughter of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters, 1908–1918 Hardcover – 20 August 2019 (US) & 30 June 2019 (UK) In Maria Romanov: Third Daughter of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters, 1908–1918, by translator and researcher Helen Azar with George Hawkins, Mashka’s voice is heard again through her intimate writings, presented for [read more]
The Young Victoria Hardcover – 14 May 2019 (UK) & 7 May 2019 (US) This beautiful, extensively researched volume investigates the birth and early life of one of the most familiar British monarchs, Queen Victoria (1819–1901). A wealth of material, including many unexamined sources and unpublished images, sheds new light on Victoria’s youth. Included here are [read more]
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