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Book News September 2020

Saturday, 22 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray  Hardcover – 1 September 2020 (US) & 3 February 2020 (UK) On the night of 4 April 1793, two lovers were preparing to compel a cleric to perform a secret ceremony. The wedding of the sixth son of King George III to the daughter of [read more]

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Margaret Plantagenet – A traitor’s daughter (Part two)

Friday, 21 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Margaret threw herself into renovating and commissioning new residences, like Warblington Castle. From a later inventory, we know that over 73 servants worked at Warblington Castle alone. She proudly displayed her arms on the windows of her properties. Her influence at court grew even more significant when she was chosen to [read more]

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A sneak peek at The Crown season 4

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 18:10 Moniek Bloks 0

Netflix has released a sneak peek at the next season of The Crown and we’ll see Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher and Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer (later the Princess of Wales) join Olivia Colman. The new season will be released on 15 November.

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Margaret Plantagenet – A traitor’s daughter (Part one)

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Margaret Plantagenet was born on 14 August 1473 at Farleigh Castle near Bath as the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. Her mother was one of the greatest heiresses of her time while her father was the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. An elder sibling was stillborn or died [read more]

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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies – The Saint of Brazil (Part two)

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. The family often spent the winter and spring at São Cristóvão and the summer and autumn at Petrópolis. The Empress and Emperor were affectionate parents, but the sisters’ upbringing was rather sheltered, and they lived their lives outside of the public eye. The sisters learned to read and write with the [read more]

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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies – The Saint of Brazil (Part one)

Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies was born on 14 March 1822 in Naples as the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Isabella of Spain. She was known to be timid and lost her father at an early age. She was reportedly not close to her mother after she remarried. [read more]

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