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The Princess who saved Moses

Monday, 13 May 2024, 6:00 Brittani Barger 0

The story of Moses and the Princess who saved him in Egypt is known in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. But who was the royal who saved such an important figure in the Abrahamic religions? The story of Moses is written in the Book of Exodus in the Bible and Torah. Called Thermouthis, Bithiah, Merris or [read more]

royal inbreeding and other maladies juliana cummings

Book News Week 20

Sunday, 12 May 2024, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 20 – 13 May – 19 May 2024 Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait Hardcover – 14 May 2024 (US) The Times British Royal Fashion Hardcover – 14 May 2024 (US) The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors Paperback – 15 May 2024 (UK) Royal Inbreeding and Other Maladies: A [read more]

Book Review: Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai‘i’s Pacific World by Jennifer Thigpen

Saturday, 11 May 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai’i’s Pacific World is a book that focuses on the relationship between Hawaiian royalty and the mission wives who arrived in Hawaii to bring Christianity. The Hawaiian queens are immensely fascinating, and this book had the opportunity to be so [read more]

See the Firebrand trailer here

Friday, 10 May 2024, 13:21 Moniek Bloks 0

Firebrand is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s novel Queen’s Gambit and focuses on her life as the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII of England. Filming began in April 2022, and the film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Alicia Vikander stars as Katherine Parr, while Jude Law stars as King Henry VIII. [read more]

Queen Mary’s Sautoir

Friday, 10 May 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Mary’s Sautoir consists of “37 graduated cushion-cut brilliants in rub-over and pierced collet settings, each separated by three small brilliants, similarly set. The sautoir unfastens to form two necklaces, one of 19 and one of ten large stones, and two bracelets, each of four large stones.” The sautoir was made in 1928 from a [read more]

Grand Empress Dowager Bo – The neglected Imperial Consort who became the most fortunate Empress Dowager

Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 6:00 Lauralee Jacks 0

Grand Empress Dowager Bo was an illegitimate daughter who became the second Empress Dowager in the Han Dynasty. She was the concubine of two kings. One of them would eventually become the first Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who would mostly neglect her. Yet, when her son rose to the throne, Empress Dowager Bo became [read more]