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Ira: The Life and Times of a Princess by Nicholas Foulkes Book Review

Saturday, 13 July 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Ira von Fürstenberg was born on 18 April 1940 as the daughter of Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg and his first wife, Clara Agnelli. At the tender age of 15, she was swept off her feet by the 31-year-old Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and they married in 1955. After having two sons, the marriage quickly [read more]
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The Young Victoria by Deirdre Murphy Book Review

Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
Kensington Palace is celebrating the birth of Queen Victoria within its walls 200 years ago with two exhibitions – Victoria: Woman and Crown and Victoria: A Royal Childhood. Accompanying the exhibition is the hardcover The Young Victoria by the late Deirdre Murphy, who was senior curator at Historic Royal Palaces until her death in 2018. The [read more]
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Queen Victoria – Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow by Lucy Worsley Book Review

Thursday, 4 July 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
It is nearly impossible to miss the fact that we are celebrating 200 years since Queen Victoria’s birth and one of the new books this year is by Lucy Worsley, who is also the chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces. Queen Victoria – Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow also known as Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That [read more]
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The Brave Princess and Me by Kathy Kacer Book Review

Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
Princess Alice of Battenberg was born on 25 February 1885 as the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and By Rhine. Her great-grandmother Queen Victoria was present when she was born. She was diagnosed with congenital deafness and she learned to lip-read and speak in both English and German. She [read more]
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Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught between Cultures in Early Virginia by Karen Ordahl Kupperman Book Review

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Pocahontas was born circa 1596 as the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia. She was credited with saving the life of a Colonist John Smith. She was captured in 1613 and converted to Christianity during her captivity. She took the name Rebecca, and she [read more]
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The Tragic Daughters of Charles I: Mary, Elizabeth & Henrietta Anne by Sarah-Beth Watkins Book Review

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France married in 1625 and they went on to have nine children together. Of their five daughters, three survived passed infancy; Mary, Elizabeth, and Henrietta. None of them would live to see their 30th birthday and they would go on to live very different lives. The [read more]

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