[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars I thought I had left the Stuarts behind for a while after 2024, but when I saw this title about Charles II’s consort I couldn’t resist. I couldn’t tell you much about Catherine of Braganza specifically other than the fact that she and and Charles were unable to produce an heir and that she helped to popularize drinking tea. In the opening to her text, Abernethy reinforces the idea of Catherine as the “forgotten queen,” emphasizing that she largely been overlooked in history in favor of her husband, the Merry Monarch, and his long list of lovers. Charles II’s Portuguese Queen: The Legacy of Catherine of Braganza pulls forgotten consort out of the shadows and sheds light on her own life and contributions to history and culture. There isn’t much known about Catherine of of Braganza’s early life, but the first few chapters of the book familiarize the reader with Portuguese history and the rise of the Braganza dynasty, which I found to be very.. Read more
NetGalley, Nicholas Artrip

Very well laid out and fascinating book! As a Tudor fanatic, I learned quite a lot of new information and found the illustrations to be lovely
NetGalley, Margot Daniels

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars I really didn’t know a lot about Elizabeth of York but was able to learn about this woman and how she started the Tudor dynasty. It was researched well and enjoyed how much passion Beverley Adams had about this.
NetGalley, Kathryn McLeer

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars An interesting look at the women who fought for their faith in an age of increasing religious division and an age where conformity to the religious will of the state was expected.
NetGalley, Caroline Palmer

“Phil Carradice's well-researched and easy, elegant style of writing laid out in the pages of "Women of the Jacobite Rebellions" brings these forgotten women and their times vividly back to life with a particular elegance that lifts this work of British history to an impressive level of literary elegance.” Read the full review [link=https://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/sep_24.htm#WorldHistory]here.[/link]
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