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Dr. Carolyn S. Harris teaches history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. She received her PhD in European history from Queen's University in 2012. Her writing concerning the history of monarchy in the U.K., Europe, and Canada has appeared in numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Smithsonian Magazine and the BBC News Magazine, and she is a frequent guest on television and radio. She lives in Toronto.

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	Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting 3.85 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Globe and Mail article: What It Takes for British Royalty to Truly Become Canadian

My new article in the Globe and Mail, “What it takes for British royalty to truly become Canadian” compares Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise and son-in-law Lord Lorne, the first royal couple to visit Canada. Even in the nineteenth century, royalty faced different expectations in Canada than they did in the United Kingdom and Louise and Lo...

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Lord Minto: A Memoir

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El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

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The Idiot

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Carolyn Harris is currently reading Lord Minto: A Memoir by John Buchan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carolyn Harris rated a book liked it The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Testaments was an interesting read and is difficult to put down in it's final third but the book is not nearly as compelling a book as its predecessor, The Handmaid's Tale. While The Handmaid's Tale leaves many of the details of Gilead's ...more
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Carolyn Harris rated a book it was amazing The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A thoughtful examination of recent food trends and a plea for achieving balance in cooking and eating. Wilson explores various themes including the revival of cooking after a period of decline, the complications created by the amount of choices in ...more
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Carolyn Harris rated a book liked it Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Interesting in parts but didn't really come together as either a memoir or a study of what is it like to experience low wage, precarious employment. The author focuses exclusively on her own experiences and I would have been interested to hear more ...more
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Carolyn Harris rated a book really liked it The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fascinating glimpse of life behind the scenes in the Queen's household. As the Queen's Personal Assistant and senior dresser, Angela Kelly describes her numerous duties including consulting with Queen about suitable fashions for every occasion, ...more
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"How could I have imagined so surrealist and seductive a world? One does not like the heat, yet its constancy, its all surroundingness, is as fascinating as the smell of musk. Every moment is slow, as if under warm greenish water." A beautifully ...more
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