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My Husband and I by Ingrid Seward Book Review

Thursday, 8 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn’t without complications. The romance between the sailor prince and the young princess brought a splash of color to a nation still in the grip of post-war austerity. When they married in Westminster [read more]

My Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria’s Life Through Her Letters And Journals- Karen Dolby Book Review

Thursday, 25 October 2018, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Alexandrina Victoria – Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India- has been commonly portrayed as a sombre matriarch dressed in her widow’s black. Here, however in collected extracts from the journals she kept from the age of thirteen- and which by the time of her death ran to 122 volumes- we glimpse [read more]

The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport Book Review

Sunday, 21 October 2018, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin’s autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime, and its anniversary was largely ignored. In stark contrast, the centenary of the massacre of the Imperial Family was commemorated in 2018 by a huge ceremony [read more]

Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Unwanted Wife by Sarah-Beth Watkins Book Review

Sunday, 14 October 2018, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Anne of Cleves left her homeland in 1539 to marry the king of England. She was never brought up to be a queen yet out of many possible choices, she was the bride Henry VIII chose as his fourth wife. Yet from their first meeting the king decided he liked her not and sought an [read more]

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians by Margaret C Jones Book Review

Thursday, 6 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led her army in battle against Viking invaders. She further broke with convention by arranging for her daughter to succeed her on the throne of Mercia. To protect her [read more]

Daughters of the Winter Queen by Nancy Goldstone Book Review

Saturday, 1 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter of the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots. Upon her father’s ascension to the illustrious throne of England, Elizabeth Stuart was suddenly thrust from the poverty of unruly Scotland [read more]