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Book News Week 18

  *contains affiliate links* Book News Week 18 – 27 April – 3 May 2026 The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations  Paperback – 30 April 2026 (UK) Women, Wealth and the State in Early Colonial India: The Begams of Awadh (States Before Modernity)  Paperback – 30 April 2026 (UK & US) The Hunt for [read more]
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Book News Week 17

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 17 – 20 April – 26 April 2026 The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History  Hardcover – 23 April 2026 (UK) The Cultural Work of the Early Modern Dutch Portrait: Amalia van Solms and the Shape of the Self in European Art (Visual and Material [read more]
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The Luxembourg Empire Tiara

The Luxembourg Empire Tiara is perhaps one of the largest tiaras in Europe. Embed from Getty Images The all-diamond tiara includes several motifs, such as scrolls. However, it is unclear where the tiara came from. The name links it to its empire style, but not any specific empire. It was made sometime in the early [read more]