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Book News November 2022

Saturday, 22 October 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926–2022: A Celebration of Her Life and Reign Hardcover – 29 November 2022 (US) & 25 October 2022 (UK) Long did she reign, and peacefully may she rest: this beautiful and thoughtful tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the life of a remarkable woman whose [read more]

Book News October 2022

Saturday, 17 September 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Real Queen Charlotte: Inside the Real Bridgerton Court Hardcover – 31 August 2022 (UK) & 30 October 2022 (US) Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton’s court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was still a teenager when she was chosen to be the bride of King George III. Shy, innocent, and [read more]

Book Review: Elizabeth II: Princess, Queen, Icon

Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* This book is just one of many being released to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This book by the National Portrait Gallery includes an introduction by Alexandra Shulman, a journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue. It highlights the most interesting portraits of The Queen that are held in their collection. The [read more]

Book News September 2022

Saturday, 20 August 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters Hardcover – 28 May 2022 (UK) & 7 September 2022 (US) Princess Victoria Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (Bee) of Saxe-Coburg, granddaughters of Queen Victoria of England, married into the Spanish royal family. In 1906, Ena became the consort of King Alfonso XIII, [read more]

Book review: Becoming Queen Mary: Volume I: Birth to First Engagement: 1867-1892 by Kori Roff-Lawrence

Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The formidable Queen Mary was born Princess Mary of Teck on 26 May 1867 as the eldest child of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince Francis of Teck, later Duke of Teck, at Kensington Palace. She would be known as May in the family, and after a tragic engagement with Prince [read more]

Book News August 2022

Saturday, 23 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen Hardcover – 4 August 2022 (UK & US) Henrietta Maria is the most reviled consort to have worn the crown of Britain’s Three Kingdoms. Condemned as that ‘Popish brat of France’, a ‘notorious whore’ and traitor, she remains in popular memory the wife who wore the [read more]