History of Royal Women
MENU
  • Home
  • The Royal Women ►
    • Countries A – B ►
      • Abbasid Empire
      • Afghanistan
      • Albania
      • Angola
      • Austria
      • Balobedu
      • Belgium ►
        • Flanders
      • Bhutan
      • Bohemia
      • Bosnia
      • Brazil
      • Brunei
      • Bulgaria
      • Burgundy
      • Byzantine Empire
    • Countries C – H ►
      • China ►
        • Empresses Consort of the Han Dynasty in chronological order
      • Cyprus
      • Denmark
      • Egypt
      • Ethiopia
      • Finland
      • France ►
        • Aquitaine
        • Brittany
        • France
        • Lorraine
        • Normandy
      • Germany ►
        • Baden
        • Bavaria
        • Brandenburg
        • Brunswick
        • Cleves
        • Germany
        • Germany miscellaneous
        • Hanover
        • Hesse-Darmstadt
        • Hesse-Kassel
        • Holstein-Gottorp
        • Mecklenburg-Strelitz
        • Oldenburg
        • Prussia
        • Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
        • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
        • Saxe-Meiningen
        • Saxony
        • Thurn und Taxis
        • Württemberg
      • Georgia
      • Greece
      • Haiti
      • Hawai’i
      • Hungary
    • Countries I – L ►
      • India
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Italy ►
        • Italy
        • Milan
        • Modena
        • Naples
        • Parma
        • Sardinia
        • Savoy
        • Sicily
        • Tuscany
        • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
      • Japan
      • Jerusalem
      • Jordan
      • Korea ►
        • Silla
      • Lesotho
      • Libya
      • Liechtenstein
      • Luxembourg
    • Countries M – P ►
      • Madagascar
      • Mexico
      • Monaco
      • Montenegro
      • Morocco
      • Nepal
      • The Netherlands ►
        • The Netherlands before 1581
        • Dutch Republic 1581- 1795
        • The Netherlands since 1795
      • Norway
      • Ottoman Empire
      • Poland
      • Portugal
    • Countries Q – T ►
      • Qatar
      • Roman Empire
      • Romania
      • Russia
      • Rwanda
      • Serbia
      • Spain ►
        • Aragon
        • Castile
        • León
        • Majorca
        • Navarre
        • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Tonga
    • Countries U – Z ►
      • United Kingdom ►
        • England
        • United Kingdom
        • Scotland
        • Wales
      • Vietnam
      • Yemen
      • Yugoslavia
      • Zanzibar
    • Royal Jewels
  • Special Series ►
    • The Year of Mary I (2016)
    • The Year of Maria Theresa (2017)
    • The Year of the last Romanovs (2018)
    • The Year of Queen Victoria (2019)
    • The Year of Queen Wilhelmina (2020)
    • The Year of the Duchess of Windsor (2021)
    • The Year of Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) (2022)
    • The Year of Marie Antoinette (2023)
    • The Year of Isabella I of Castile (2024)
    • The Year of Queen Sālote Tupou III (2025)
  • Places To Visit ►
    • Burial Places ►
      • Burial places of the Queens and Consorts of England
      • Burial places of the Queens Consort of France
      • Burial places of the Queens and Consorts of Portugal
      • Burial Places of the Queens and Consorts of Spain
    • Castles
    • Visited Exhibitions
    • Palaces
    • Travelguide
  • Royal Media ►
    • Books written by royal women
    • Book Reviews
    • In the media
    • Royal News
  • About Us ►
    • About Us
    • Advertising
    • Buy my photos
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Publications ►
      • Carolina of Orange-Nassau – Ancestress of the Royal Houses of Europe
      • Hermine: An Empress in exile
      • Queen Wilhelmina – A collection of articles
    • YouTube
  • Our Shop
  • Home
  • The Royal Women
    • Countries A – B
      • Abbasid Empire
      • Afghanistan
      • Albania
      • Angola
      • Austria
      • Balobedu
      • Belgium
        • Flanders
      • Bhutan
      • Bohemia
      • Bosnia
      • Brazil
      • Brunei
      • Bulgaria
      • Burgundy
      • Byzantine Empire
    • Countries C – H
      • China
        • Empresses Consort of the Han Dynasty in chronological order
      • Cyprus
      • Denmark
      • Egypt
      • Ethiopia
      • Finland
      • France
        • Aquitaine
        • Brittany
        • France
        • Lorraine
        • Normandy
      • Germany
        • Baden
        • Bavaria
        • Brandenburg
        • Brunswick
        • Cleves
        • Germany
        • Germany miscellaneous
        • Hanover
        • Hesse-Darmstadt
        • Hesse-Kassel
        • Holstein-Gottorp
        • Mecklenburg-Strelitz
        • Oldenburg
        • Prussia
        • Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
        • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
        • Saxe-Meiningen
        • Saxony
        • Thurn und Taxis
        • Württemberg
      • Georgia
      • Greece
      • Haiti
      • Hawai’i
      • Hungary
    • Countries I – L
      • India
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Italy
        • Italy
        • Milan
        • Modena
        • Naples
        • Parma
        • Sardinia
        • Savoy
        • Sicily
        • Tuscany
        • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
      • Japan
      • Jerusalem
      • Jordan
      • Korea
        • Silla
      • Lesotho
      • Libya
      • Liechtenstein
      • Luxembourg
    • Countries M – P
      • Madagascar
      • Mexico
      • Monaco
      • Montenegro
      • Morocco
      • Nepal
      • The Netherlands
        • The Netherlands before 1581
        • Dutch Republic 1581- 1795
        • The Netherlands since 1795
      • Norway
      • Ottoman Empire
      • Poland
      • Portugal
    • Countries Q – T
      • Qatar
      • Roman Empire
      • Romania
      • Russia
      • Rwanda
      • Serbia
      • Spain
        • Aragon
        • Castile
        • León
        • Majorca
        • Navarre
        • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Tonga
    • Countries U – Z
      • United Kingdom
        • England
        • United Kingdom
        • Scotland
        • Wales
      • Vietnam
      • Yemen
      • Yugoslavia
      • Zanzibar
    • Royal Jewels
  • Special Series
    • The Year of Mary I (2016)
    • The Year of Maria Theresa (2017)
    • The Year of the last Romanovs (2018)
    • The Year of Queen Victoria (2019)
    • The Year of Queen Wilhelmina (2020)
    • The Year of the Duchess of Windsor (2021)
    • The Year of Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) (2022)
    • The Year of Marie Antoinette (2023)
    • The Year of Isabella I of Castile (2024)
    • The Year of Queen Sālote Tupou III (2025)
  • Places To Visit
    • Burial Places
      • Burial places of the Queens and Consorts of England
      • Burial places of the Queens Consort of France
      • Burial places of the Queens and Consorts of Portugal
      • Burial Places of the Queens and Consorts of Spain
    • Castles
    • Visited Exhibitions
    • Palaces
    • Travelguide
  • Royal Media
    • Books written by royal women
    • Book Reviews
    • In the media
    • Royal News
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Advertising
    • Buy my photos
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Publications
      • Carolina of Orange-Nassau – Ancestress of the Royal Houses of Europe
      • Hermine: An Empress in exile
      • Queen Wilhelmina – A collection of articles
    • YouTube
  • Our Shop
HomeBook Reviews

Book Reviews

joanna naples
Book Reviews

Joanna, The Notorious Queen of Naples, Jerusalem & Sicily by Nancy Goldstone Book Review

Friday, 22 May 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I’ve had this book for a while now, and I even own a second book by this author, Four Queens, the Provencal Sister who ruled Europe. This book was originally released in 2010, so I guess I’m a bit late on my review, ha! Although there’s never a bad time to bring to light a Queen! Joanna of [read more]

forgotten royal women
Anne Boleyn

The Forgotten Tudor Women by Sylvia Barbara Soberton Book Review

Monday, 18 May 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard and Mary Shelton lived through the turbulent reigns of the Tudor monarchs, and one of them was even considered as a possible successor to the throne. However, they were mostly forgotten by history. Sylvia Barbara Soberton has written about them in ‘The Forgotten Tudor Women’ to remove them from the obscurity [read more]

england's queens
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

England’s Queens from Catherine of Aragon to Elizabeth II by Elizabeth Norton Book Review

Sunday, 19 April 2015, 12:00 Moniek Bloks 0

As you may remember, I reviewed part one of this book, England’s Queens from Boudica to Elizabeth of York, earlier this year. This second part came out just last month in the UK and is due to be released in the US next month. We begin with Catherine of Aragon, who’s first marriage to Prince [read more]

jezebel effect
Anne Boleyn

The Jezebel Effect by Kyra Cornelius Kramer Book Review

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The title of this book ‘The Jezebel Effect, why the slut-shaming of famous queens still matters’ grabbed my attention immediately. I knew the author’s name from another book she has written, and that is still waiting to be read in my bookcase, ‘Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII’. The [read more]

Empress Elisabeth
Austria

The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki Book Review

Monday, 30 March 2015, 13:15 Moniek Bloks 0

The story of Sisi still lives on today because of the many movies and books made about her. The Accidental Empress is one such book. Though it has a similar name to a biography of her, The Reluctant Empress, The Accidental Empress is actually a historical novel. I must admit that I don’t usually read [read more]

joan kent
Anne of Bohemia

Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales by Penny Lawne Book Review

Friday, 20 March 2015, 14:30 Moniek Bloks 0

I was very excited to receive this book from Amberley Publishing. This is the story of Joan of Kent, the First Princess of Wales. Besides being married into the royal family, she actually belonged to it by blood. She was the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock and Margaret Wake, who was Baroness Wake of Liddell [read more]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 56 57 58 59 »




Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date on History of Royal Women's articles!

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.




Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes

Manage your privacy

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Always active
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Manage options
{title} {title} {title}

Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and stay up to date on History of Royal Women's articles!

Not interested? Simply click 'close' in the top right corner to continue reading!

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.