So High a Blood: The Story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor That Time Forgot by Morgan Ring, published by Bloomsbury USA. Read more...
Book review: So High a Blood by Morgan Ring
Review: The Last Royal Rebel by Anna Keay
In 1648, when future British king Charles II was a teenager living in exile in Europe, he had a fling with a young Welsh adventuress named Lucy Walter. Nine months later she gave birth to their son, James. Read more...
Rivaling Royals of Europe – review
Stephen Schwartz of Curiosity Gaming sent me a copy of his card game "Rivaling Royals of Europe" to review. Read more...
Sex With Kings – book review
Sex With Kings by Eleanor Herman was published eight years ago. I received a copy as a gift from a friend last year, and finally got around to reading it last week. Here's my better-late-than-never review. Read more...
"William & Kate" TV movie – a Twitter review
A few hours ago I watched Lifetime's TV movie "William & Kate," which is about the romance of Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton. Did I like it? Well, see if you can guess. Here are some of the comments I made on Twitter while the movie was in progress.
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Two royal book reviews
Time for a couple of royal book reviews! I was fortunate enough to receive review copies of both of these books. Although they're both about British royal history, they're quite different in tone and subject matter. As it turned out, I liked them both. Read more...
Royal Book Cover of the Month – November 2010
This month brings more royal book covers featuring the usual themes Read more...
Royal Book Cover of the Month – August 2010
Is the fad for book covers featuring headless/faceless women finally petering out? Read more...
Review: Henry VIII & His Disappearing Wives mug
I recently received not one but two Henry VIII & His Disappearing Wives mugs as gifts from different people. I guess my interest in the Tudors is no secret. Read more...
Review: The Last Princess
I love royal history, but some writers manage to make it tremendously boring. The first book I read about Queen Victoria was such a snore that I've been a bit prejudiced against Victoria and her family ever since. Even though I know better, I automatically expect books about them to be dull, dull, dull.
But The Last Princess by Matthew Dennison proves that a good writer can make any topic — even Queen Victoria and her long decades of gloom-soaked mourning for her husband, Prince Albert — interesting. Read more...