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Book News Week 38

Sunday, 14 September 2025, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 38 – 15 September – 21 September 2025 Queens at War (England’s Medieval Queens Book 4) Kindle Edition – 18 September 2025 (US) Hardcover – 18 September 2025 (UK) The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain Paperback – 16 September 2025 [read more]

The Four Marys – The Companions of Mary, Queen of Scots

Saturday, 13 September 2025, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots at a mere six days old in December 1542. This young baby was in the care of her recently widowed mother, Mary of Guise, while Scotland was under the rule of the regent James Hamilton, Earl of Arran. Nobles around Mary were constantly seeking to gain power at court [read more]

Princess Ayako’s Tiara

Friday, 12 September 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Ayako’s tiara was given to Princess Ayako of Takamado on the occasion of her 20th birthday in 2010. The designs consist of flowers and leaves in diamonds. Princess Ayako was in possession of the tiara for eight years. She relinquished her imperial titles when she married Kei Moriya in 2018. The tiara has since [read more]

Atsuko, Princess Yori – The fourth daughter

Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Atsuko, Princess Yori was born on 7 March 1931 as the fourth daughter of Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Empress Nagako. Her elder sisters are Shigeko, Princess Teru (born 1925), Sachiko, Princess Hisa (born 1927 – died 1928), and Kazuko, Princess Taka (born 1929). Her younger siblings are Emperor Emeritus Akihito (born 1933), Masahito, Prince [read more]

Zhang Guiren – The Imperial Consort who murdered an Emperor because of a joke

Monday, 8 September 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Imperial Honoured Consort Zhang (also known as Zhang Guiren) was the favourite imperial concubine of Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.[1] She was the head of Emperor Xiaowu’s imperial harem and his de facto empress.[2] One night, while drunk, Emperor Xiaowu made a joke about Imperial Honoured Consort Zhang being replaced because she had [read more]

Book News Week 37

Sunday, 7 September 2025, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 37 – 8 September – 14 September 2025 Marie Antoinette Style Hardcover – 11 September 2025 (UK) The Empress and the Dragon Throne: Imperial Women of the Early Ming Dynasty Hardcover – 14 September 2025 (US) Queen Elizabeth II: A Concise Biography of an Exceptional Sovereign Hardcover – 11 [read more]