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Book News Week 9 2024

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 9 – 26 February – 3 March 2024 Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context Hardcover – 29 February 2024 (US) Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan  Hardcover –  27 February 2024 (US & UK) The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations  Hardcover – 27 February 2024 (US) [read more]

Book Reviews

Book News July 2021

*contains affiliate links* The Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context Hardcover – 1 June 2021 (US) & 22 July 2021 (UK) The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome’s imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscriptions, [read more]

Book Reviews

Book News June 2021

*contains affiliate links* Queen Victoria: This Thorny Crown (Spiritual Lives)  Hardcover – 8 June 2021 (US) & 8 April 2021 (UK) This biography evokes the pervasive importance of religion to Queen Victoria’s life but also that life’s centrality to the religion of Victorians around the globe. The first comprehensive exploration of Victoria’s religiosity, it shows [read more]