*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 51 – 15 December – 21 December 2025 Elizabeth Paperback – 19 December 2025 (US) ‘If Any Person Will Meddle of My Cause’: The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn Hardcover – 15 December 2025 (UK)
The Lily Brooch was made for Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) in 1938 by Cartier from six drops and 197 brilliants, which were already in the Queen’s collection. The result was quite a large and interesting brooch in the form of “a stem of lilies, with two open flowers, claw- and pavé-set with brilliants, [read more]
We’ll be taking a look at who curtseys to whom and why so many royal women are accused of breaking protocol. Let’s start with curtseying. For some reason, there appears to be some story that women who marry into the royal family must curtsey to those born into it when they are not with their [read more]
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Paperback – 30 March 2017 (UK & US) History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power — and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers — and still to come [read more]
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