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July 30, 2021

REVIEW: Daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsBiography / England / European history / family relationships / Historical / Historical Biography / medieval / non-fiction / women4 Comments

In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor of Castile had ... more >

Black cover with titles in different fonts and sizes for each line, an old timey picture coloured in yellow and red of an 1860s woman (presumably Elizabeth Packard) behind bars
July 23, 2021

REVIEW: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / activism / feminism / health care / Historical Biography / mental illness / non-fiction11 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Kate Moore, I listened to your first book, The Radium Girls back in 2018 and was enthralled by it. (It’s a fantastic book but hard to hear because of the infuriating and tragic content.) So when I saw you had a new book coming out I snapped it up.  ... more >

Jennie
February 17, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for October through December, Part One

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsClassic Sci-Fi/Horror / Contemporary romance / Essays / Historical Biography / historical romance / History / non-fiction / Reading lists8 Comments

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft I’ve made it a habit over the past six years to try to read a “classic horror” novel around Halloween, starting with 2013’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and going up to last year’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Most ... more >

October 26, 2018

REVIEW: Anne of Cleves Henry VIII’s Unwanted Wife by Sarah-Beth Watkins

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews16th-century / Biography / England / Henry-VIII / Historical / Historical Biography / non-fiction / Royalty / Tudor-England / Tudors2 Comments

Anne of Cleves left her homeland in 1539 to marry the king of England. She was not brought up to be a queen, yet out of many possible choices she was the bride Henry VIII chose as his fourth wife. But, from their first meeting the king decided he liked ... more >

Jennie
April 21, 2017

Reading List by Jennie for January through March

JennieBook ReviewsFiction / Historical Biography / Historical Memoir / historical mystery / historical romance / Memoir / Reading lists9 Comments

NOTE: Also read and reviewed Rebecca and Wait for It.   A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn After reading the first book in Raybourn’s Lady Julia Grey mystery series, I saw that the author had another series, the first two books of which were available on NetGalley. Even though I ... more >

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