*contains affiliate links* In honour of the release of Ellen Alpsten’s new novel The Last Princess, please enjoy this imagined Q&A with its leading lady, Gytha Godwinson. What an honour to meet the last Anglo-Saxon Princess here to discuss Royal Women. Welcome, Gytha Godwinson… Please don’t. I never asked for what came to me. When [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten tells us the tale of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia. Born in 1709, when her parents were not yet officially married, Elizabeth’s road to the throne would not be an easy one. It follows [read more]
*contains affiliate links* The origins of the future Catherine I of Russia are rather obscure. She was probably born as Marta Helena Skowrońska on 15 April 1684. Her parents died of the plague when she was still quite young, and she was raised by a pastor, in whose household she was probably a servant. She [read more]
Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten is a novel of the story of Catherine I of Russia, born a peasant named Marta Helena Skowrońska, who became the mistress and later wife of Peter the Great. After his death, she became the first Empress of Russia in her own right. History of Royal Women got to ask Ellen [read more]
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