*contains affiliate links* Susan Symons is the author of several books involving Queen Victoria and books about German castles, appropriately named “Schloss.” The book “Queen Victoria in Cornwall” focuses on Queen Victoria’s visit to Cornwall in 1846 with her husband, Prince Albert, and their two eldest children, Victoria, Princess Royal, and the Prince of Wales [read more]
Counterplay (Tegenspel) – A Century of Female Kingship is the new exhibition at the Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. The exhibition tells the story of the Netherlands’ three reigning Queens – Queen Wilhelmina, Queen Juliana and Queen Beatrix – against a backdrop of significant social changes and public perceptions of women. As Queens, the women were [read more]
*Spoilers* Catherine Parr was the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII of England. She had been married and widowed twice before marrying the King. Their wedding took place on 12 July 1543 at Hampton Court. Catherine gained two stepdaughters (and a stepson) by her marriage to Henry, but she and Mary were more [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai’i’s Pacific World is a book that focuses on the relationship between Hawaiian royalty and the mission wives who arrived in Hawaii to bring Christianity. The Hawaiian queens are immensely fascinating, and this book had the opportunity to be so [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Elizabeth Stuart was the daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and Anne of Denmark. She married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613, and the pair were briefly King and Queen of Bohemia before being exiled. Elizabeth spent the better part of her life in exile in [read more]
*contains affiliate links* *review copy* Cleopatra Selene is the forgotten daughter of the infamous Cleopatra VII. She was an Egyptian princess who was proclaimed by Marc Antony as Queen of Cyrenaica and Libya. After the death of her mother, she reigned as Queen of Egypt with her brother, Alexander Helios, for two weeks before it [read more]
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