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Book Review: Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen by Jane Draycott

Saturday, 27 January 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* *review copy* Cleopatra Selene is the forgotten daughter of the infamous Cleopatra VII. She was an Egyptian princess who was proclaimed by Marc Antony as Queen of Cyrenaica and Libya. After the death of her mother, she reigned as Queen of Egypt with her brother, Alexander Helios, for two weeks before it [read more]

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Book News Week 52

Sunday, 24 December 2023, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book news week 52: 25 December – 31 December 2023 Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period Hardcover – 30 December 2023 (US) Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History) Hardcover – 29 December 2023 (US & UK) Queen Victoria After Albert: Her Life and [read more]

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Book Review: The Daughters of George III: Sisters and Princesses by Catherine Curzon

Monday, 18 December 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* *review copy* King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children together, of which 6 were daughters. He has been famously quoted as saying, “I cannot deny that I have never wished to see any of them marry: I am happy in their company and do not in the least want a [read more]

Traitor King (The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor)

Book Review: Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie

Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Duke and Duchess of Windsor spent their entire life together in exile after the Duke had abdicated as King Edward VIII in order to marry the twice-divorced Wallis. They were and still are strongly disliked, not in the least because of their apparent support of the Nazi regime. I won’t go [read more]

Book Review: The daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner

Monday, 11 September 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*review copy* *contains affiliate links* King Edward I of England, who ruled from 1272 until 1307, went on to father many children with two wives. His first wife, Eleanor of Castile, bore the majority of his children, fourteen or perhaps even as much as sixteen. Of these five daughters and one son, the future King [read more]

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Book Review: Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece by Stefan Haderer

Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Empress Elisabeth of Austria was well-known for her travels as she wished to spend as little time as possible with her husband in Vienna. One of her favourite destinations was Greece, and she even had a villa named the Achilleion built on Corfu. Unfortunately, she lost interest in the villa a few [read more]