Royal News BlogDavid Starkey likes Henry VIII, but he doesn’t seem to like Scotland, Wales, Ireland, or women who write:
‘Feeble country’ jibe sparks row
Are female historians destroying the Tudors?
(I thought Starkey’s book about Henry VIII’s wives was unnecessarily dry… too bad he’s not a female historian, I guess.)
I don’t have anything to post on this blog right now, so I’m going to shamelessly send you over to my Royal News Blog, where you can see many interesting things today, including a picture of one of King Mswati of Swaziland’s wives, Prince Charles apparently eating ham with his hands (tsk), Queen Rania of Jordan at a sit-in, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands splashing around in some water.
Now, really, what other blog offers you all that?
And once you’ve gotten your feet wet with that taste of royal news, head over to Royalty.nu News page for a lot more. I haven’t even finished updating it yet today, so who knows what you’ll find…
Prince Phillip ‘is a quiet hero’ (audio)
A Meeting of Royals
Dutch royal family welcomes Swedish king & queen (photos)
Mysterious Claim of the Week
'Palace massacre linked to princess' crash death'
No Royal Help Here
Boy asks King about name change
Bad Behavior at Buckingham Palace
Officers 'sat on Queen's throne'
Royal History in the News This Week
Archaeologists hunt for Cleopatra's tomb in Egypt (link expired)
...But that's not all. For a lot more royal news, photos, and videos, visit the Royalty.nu News page.
Here’s a look at some of the royalty books scheduled to be published in May. (As always, publication dates are subject to change.)
We Two – Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill. Account of a passionate, complicated royal marriage.
William & Kate: Celebrating a Royal Romance by Robin Nunn. More than 200 photos of Britain’s Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton.
Defenders of the Faith by James Reston Jr. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, and the battle for Europe, 1520-1536.
In the Valley of the Kings by Daniel Meyerson. Howard Carter and the mystery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb.
The Woman Who Would Be Pharaoh by William Klein. Novel about Ankhesenamun, widow of the murdered pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C. M. Mayo. Historical novel about the short, tragic reign of Emperor Maximilian.
The Course of Honour by Lindsey Davis. Future Roman emperor Vespasian falls in love with a slave in the household of the imperial family.
For the full list of new royalty books, visit the World of Royalty Royal Books page.
All of the books mentioned above appeal to me, but if I could only read one, it might be “The Course of Honour” because I like ancient history and historical fiction. Which book would you choose?
Scheduled to launch on April 21, the World Digital Library “will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials.”
APRIL 23 UPDATE: Well, the site has launched, and it looks amazingly great. I tested it out with a random search for “Nepal,” and found An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal, published in 1811. You can read it on the World Digital Library site for free. How cool is that?
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