Category Archives: Books 2025

Books 2025 – on sale today – Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Elizabeth Norton

‘These are the stories of the female kings: women who risked everything, sometimes unwillingly, to find their place in a man’s world. Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places throughout … Continue reading

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Books 2025 – a book which features Jane to look forward to….

30 August – Killing Monarchs: Regicide in the Tudor and Stuart Age by Richard Heath Rulers (and would-be rulers) have always faced the possibility of a violent death. Between the seventh and eighteenth centuries over 20% of all British and … Continue reading

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Books 2025 – on sale today – Sinners by Elizabeth Fremantle

‘A young noblewoman accused of murder, awaits execution. Imprisoned in the Corte Savella, she has captured the hearts and sympathy of all Rome. . . This is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci. Murder most foul or vengeance … Continue reading

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Books 2025 – on sale today – Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess: ‘I am not as Simple as I May Seem’ by Heather R Darsie

‘On 4 November 1501, a fifteen-year-old girl arrived in England to marry the fifteen-year-old prince of that kingdom. Their parents, especially the boy’s, hoped that the marriage would secure the future of their family on the throne. Much excitement surrounded … Continue reading

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Books 2025 – a book with a link to Jane to look forward to…

30 August – The Race for Elizabeth I’s Throne: Rival Tudor Cousins by Beverley Adams ‘As the childless Elizabeth I lay on her deathbed, discussions over who would succeed her as ruler of England raged on amongst her advisors. The … Continue reading

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