Book News
Book News Week 29
*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 29 – 15 July – 21 July 2024 Mary, Queen of Scots Slept Here Hardcover – 19 July 2024 (US & UK)
Articles by Moniek Bloks
Elizabeth II
Queen Mary’s Stomacher
Queen Mary’s Stomacher is “formed as three linked articulated brooches of tapering and delicately scrolled outline, the stones in cut-down pavé and millegrain settings, each brooch suspending three pear-shaped pendants, formed of brilliant clusters, and two brilliant pendants, the smallest brooch with a fourth pear-shaped pendant.” The stomacher was made for Queen Mary in 1920 [read more]
Elisabeth of Austria (1526–1545)
Elisabeth of Austria – “The splendour of our countries”
Elisabeth of Austria was born on 9 July 1526 as the eldest child of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. Almost from birth, she was destined for the Polish throne. When she was just a few months old, her father offered her hand in marriage to [read more]
Book Reviews
Book News Week 28
*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 28 – 8 July – 14 July 2024 Queens in Antiquity and the Present: Speculative Visions and Critical Histories Hardcover – 11 July 2024 (UK) The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (Queenship and Power) Hardcover – 13 July 2024 (US)
Anna of Austria
Anna of Austria – Duchess of Bavaria
Anna of Austria was born on 7 July 1528 as the daughter of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. She was the third of their fifteen children. Anna seemed fine just after her birth, but she fell ill shortly afterwards, and she received an emergency baptism as a [read more]
Isabella I of Castile
Queen Isabella I of Castile – The death of her brother Alfonso
On 5 July 1468, the future Queen Isabella I of Castile mourned the loss of her only full sibling, Alfonso. His death paved the way for her to become the face of the rebellion. Alfonso was born on 17 November 1453, when Isabella was two years old. Due to male-preference primogeniture, he would precede her in [read more]