envisioning the empress
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Book News Week 49

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 48 – 2 December – 8 December 2024   Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868–1952 (Lives of Royal Women)  Paperback – 2 December 2024 (US & UK) The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs  Hardcover – [read more]
Empress Eugenie's Bow Brooch
Eugénie de Montijo

Empress Eugenie’s Bow Brooch

Empress Eugenie’s Bow Brooch was made in 1855 by the French jeweller François Kramer for Empress Eugenie, the consort of Emperor Napoleon III. The original brooch consisted of only the diamond bow. Empress Eugenie asked the jeweller to make it into a larger stomacher, and the fringes and tassels were added. The bow brooch was [read more]