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Marie Louise Coidavid – Haiti’s only Queen (Part one)

Wednesday, 29 December 2021, 6:00 Lauralee Jacks 0

Queen Marie Louise Coidavid was Haiti’s only Queen. She was born into a free black family. Her future as the Queen of Haiti seemed unlikely until there was a political upheaval in the colony. In 1791, there was a slave rebellion. Her future husband joined the uprisings and rose to prominence. Thus, Marie Louise, an [read more]

Book News October 2021

Saturday, 18 September 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Charles II’s Favourite Mistress: Pretty, Witty Nell Gwyn Hardcover – 30 August 2021 (UK) & 30 October 2021 (US) Nell Gwyn, the most infamous mistress of Charles II, was a commoner raised from the dingy back alleys of London to the stage and into a king’s arms. Hers was a true rags [read more]

Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by Silvia Z. Mitchell Book Review

Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Mariana of Austria was born on 24 December 1634 as the daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain. At the age of 11, Mariana was betrothed to Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, but he died just three months later at the age of 16. King Philip IV [read more]

Book News March 2021

Saturday, 20 February 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Katherine Parr: Opportunist, Queen, Reformer: A Theological Perspective Hardcover –15 March 2021 (US) & 15 December 2020 (UK) Unlike other biographies, which have focused on the court politics of the Tudor era, the romantic desires of Henry VIII that drove his serial marriages, and the military and economic challenges to England at [read more]

Book News December 2020

Saturday, 21 November 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Hermine: an Empress in Exile: The untold story of the Kaiser’s second wife Paperback – 1 January 2021 (US) & 11 December 2020 (UK) Hermine Reuss of Greiz is perhaps better known as the second wife of the Kaiser (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) whom she married shortly after the death of [read more]

Book News April 2020

Saturday, 21 March 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie Antoinette’s Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe Paperback – 30 April 2020 (UK) & 2 August 2020 (US) Marie Antoinette has always fascinated readers worldwide. Yet perhaps no one knew her better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thrse, the Princess de Lamballe. The Princess became superintendent of the Queens [read more]