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Book News Week 41

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 41 – 5 October – 11 October 2026 Meghan Markle: Essays on Monarchy, Race, and Colonialism (The Feminist Wire Books)  Paperback – 6 October 2026 (US) England’s Bears: The Blood and Glory of the House of Warwick Kindle – 8 October 2026 (US) Hardcover – 8 October 2026 (UK) [read more]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Becoming a mother (Part three)

Read part two here. Augusta did have some difficulty adjusting to life at the Prussian court. However, she certainly wasn’t bored. To her sister-in-law, Louise, she wrote about her daily routine, “English, drawing, and music lessons. I get out of the drive every day; I ride often and also go to the theatre a great [read more]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Facing her future with resignation (Part two)

Read part one here. While William may have acted positively toward Augusta’s parents, he wrote to his sister Charlotte, “The Princess is beautiful and clever, but she leaves me cold.” Augusta’s father made him wait several weeks before responding, “I confess to you that I will not say no if my daughter expresses her yes.” [read more]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: “Independence of character” (Part one)

Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 30 September 1811 at three in the morning as the third, but second surviving child of Charles Frederick, the future Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. She was born in the Stadtschloss in Weimar. She had an elder sister, Princess Marie, and a younger [read more]