Lucy Worsley
Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
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Worsley’s book is a fine exploration of Queen Victoria’s life told in a digestible presentation of 24 events of significance (per the ...Read Review
Lady Mary
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
1527. Eleven-year-old Princess Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon, are at the Palace of Greenwich where the ...Read Review
My Name Is Victoria
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
1820s. Princess Victoria is being brought up in almost total isolation in Kensington Palace. Her mother is under the thumb of Sir John ...Read Review
Eliza Rose
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1535. Henry VIII is on the throne. Twelve-year-old Eliza Camperdowne, only child of a noble but impoverished family, knows that she must marry well. ...Read Review
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
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The chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley, has written this book to tie in with her television series for the BBC. ...Read Review
Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
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In 1725 up-and-coming artist William Kent was commissioned by George I to decorate the walls alongside the King’s Grand Staircase at Kensington Palace. ...Read Review